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MATTRESS
Electro / Soul / Visual

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PORTLAND, Oregon
United States

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Member Since2/18/2006
Band Websitewww.mattressmusic.com
Band Members rex marshall/synth/tar/machines///////////////// ethan jayne/drums FOR BOOKING PLEASE CONTACT rexafeller@yahoo.com xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Eldorado music video directed by Grace Carter
InfluencesToronto schoolyard show no mic just boombox
Sounds LikeSOUND JUDGEMENT HOUSE SHOW XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX WILLAMETTE WEEK PRESS 6/5/09 Mattress gets lumped into the same category as many of Portland’s dance and electronic acts, but in truth Rex Marshall is using his solo project to cook up an entirely unique brand of weird. Backed by a series of tape-recorded synthesizer tracks, Marshall crafts apocalyptic dirges that thrive on his baritone—so strong that it even rivals Tom Waits’. Were this insufficient to inspire a creeping sense of dread in listeners, Marshall also ensures that his performances are almost uncomfortably intense, couching frantic tunes in equally frantic visuals. SHANE DANAHER.
Record LabelReluctant Recordings (canada)/Malt Duck Records
Type of LabelIndie


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Feb 4 2010 9:00P
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Feb 25 2010 9:00P
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   About MATTRESS
Legitimate minimal synth gets recorded, and the tapes are left to melt in a hot car like a Snickers. That’s the figurative M.O. of Rex Marshall, as Mattress – genuine weirdness, besmirched by these times of shitty lo-fi crap, but coming out as its own thing. Marshall employs that sort of vocal blandishment like Jon Glaser on TV’s “Delocated,” which informs the martial, clampdown synthesizer in long, arduous strokes, and plays more like one in a long line of isolationist innovators, from the Xex people to John Bender and Neil Hamburger. There’s a little bit of sleaziness to the whole thing, like it could slip into some seedy, non-existent cocktail lounge or the middle of a Ween record, that really helps you notice that Marshall has written real songs and is not just dicking around with spontaneous, uninspired notions. Favorites are “Gone to Waste,” a hipgrinder out of DEVO Corporate Headquarters, and “Roll Roll Roll,” which sounds like a Cars record baked into one of those record bowls from, like, Readymade magazine, and gets satisfyingly crunchy at the end. Bottom line is that the songs are great, and the delivery funny and weird, but with confidence. Put down the Digital Leather records and step to the real. 500 copies, clear vinyl. (http://www.maltduckrecords.com) DOUG MOSUROCK ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////   I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

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Magic Johnson

Magic Johnson



Jan 26 2010 7:53 PM

ummmmm. when are we hanging out again?
Juanathan

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Jan 24 2010 9:25 PM

guey guey guey guey guey!
FLORIDA

FLORIDA



Jan 21 2010 8:01 PM

icy lips back atcha bros. how it is?
FLORIDA

FLORIDA



Jan 21 2010 8:01 PM

ya'll should hang w my friends andy piper n lupe in bellingham wash. they rule. they have a band called sugar sugar sugar, they're in our top friendsies. i say that bcuz they get around n i think u guys would melt faces together. send me a mailing adress if you want some of our new waxxx. much love eaSt to west FLA.
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Dec 27 2009 9:11 AM

Nucular Aminals
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bittedeluxe



Dec 11 2009 6:22 PM

Evrybody ! Listen up ! RoBos winter depression song is called "down"... he made me sing and than he left... Hugs, Bittedeluxe
Juanathan

Jonathan Martinez



Dec 10 2009 8:36 PM

Eldorado video kicks ass wey
CHROME WINGS

CHROME WINGS



Dec 4 2009 5:59 PM

HAD A BLAST LAST NIGHT!
THANKS FOR THE JAMZ...
PYRAMIDDD / STARFUCKER

PYRAMIDDD / STARFUCKER



Dec 2 2009 5:52 PM

we will indeed see you tonight! tonight at holocene indeed...

Zombie Pistolero & His Guns

Zombie Pistolero & His Guns



Nov 28 2009 9:26 PM

24 karat krunk fersher
Bear Claw

Bear Claw



Nov 25 2009 12:40 AM

The video of you playing in the alley is amazing.
Weirdoism

Weirdoism
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Nov 21 2009 1:09 AM

THANK YOU!
You are making the world way more my world.
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problems?



Nov 13 2009 6:30 PM

sometimes i need Mattress


Will

Will



Nov 10 2009 6:33 PM


POTLATCH PRESENTS

POTLATCH PRESENTS



Nov 7 2009 9:38 PM

we should be better internet friends...

Dropa

Dropa



Nov 4 2009 7:33 PM

You are awesome! Thanks for the friendship, be sure to get my album for free at softstarrecords.com
Lost Lockets

Lost Lockets



Oct 21 2009 11:13 PM

I MISS MATTRESS!!!
I LOVE MATTRESS!
I want to dance to Mattress...
Angela

Angela



Oct 4 2009 10:50 PM

The Berbati's Pan show was my first MATTREss show. I loved it!!!!!!!!!!
I 'm wearing out your cd and look forward to seeing you-all again!
~AnGela
Brandon

Brandon Freels



Oct 4 2009 2:41 AM

TRUDGERS

TRUDGERS



Sep 29 2009 12:07 AM

show at l'keg was AMAZING.
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Sep 25 2009 7:10 PM


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