abraham rodriguez-smith: guitar, vox
clifford novey: bass
david greening: guitar
suki ewers: keyboards
eddie o: drums
Influences
my bloody valentine, faust, velvet underground, t-rex, sonic youth, the stooges, jesus and mary chain, primal scream, the verve, joy division, brian eno, etc...
Sounds Like
my friends tell me it sounds like early love and rockets mixed in with a little jesus and mary chain...
Molino EP with 1" Button Includes Shipping and Handling $8 USD
"...once track three of the EP "Looking for You" hits, the album’s veritable theme becomes more evident as a lonely acoustic guitar strums helplessly between two minor chords, which are known to demonstrate the less happy of moods. These are songs that are really just about the yearning for love, which is elucidated through song titles: “Everybody Needs Somebody,” “When She Comes,” “Looking For You,” and “Salvation.”
It becomes clear that the band is more than just about rocking your socks off in your blissed-out hour of boozing. Perhaps it’s because inside every dirty, bad boy rocker, there’s a wounded, outcast soul who has turned to the rock gods for deliverance from any combination of heartbreak, rejection, repression, or the mundane realities of life." -the deli magazine
"...Spaced-out psychedelic shoegaze arrives in the time warp of Molino's Salvation, which evokes images as deep as the sparks of creation and as entertaining as a virgin experience with Freshen-Up gum..." - Luxurywafers.net
"...Damn. With a sound that could have blown the roof off the Staples Center, these Echo Park rockers killed, absolutely killed their set @ the Silverlake Lounge last night. My ears are still ringing. I am talking about Molino.
Do not listen to these guys without ear plugs because they will leave your ears and the rest of your body reverberating like their sound does on stage. I wanted more last night only to realize their sound is TOO big for the spot they played at. Seriously, Molino has sheer power coming out this four piece band and well worth checking out." - Loudvine.com
Based out of Los Angeles, and named after the spanish word for windmill, Molino began as the solo project of Abraham
Rodriguez-Smith (La Fin Du Monde, Maw and Paw). After having been playing bass for a number of years for a few different projects, Abraham finally decided to give it a go himself. Joined by friends Jason Payne (Nitzer Ebb, La Fin Du Monde), Suki Ewers (Opal, Mazzy Star) and Clifford Novey (The Youngs) for the recordings, the tracks come together to bridge the gap between psych rock stoniness and shoe gaze ambience, all wrapped up in a friendly package thats gonna smoke the world with the rock n roll...
With their line-up complete with Eddie O (Gruv Projekt, Produckt, La Fin Du Monde) filling in on drums, their self-released EP is currently available for purchase directly on myspace, just click on the paypal link, and the cd comes with a logo button. The EP tracks are also available for download on ITUNES, RHAPSODY, NAPSTER, and myspace. Spread the luv...
