Shana Cleveland,
Nicolas Gonzalez, Faustine B. Hudson, and Bradford Button
play: banjo, prepared guitars, plainold guitar, drums, gong, autoharp, homemade instruments, evil bass, the fools; and sing
Sounds Like
check out our interview and clips from our San Francisco show at http://www.pacificnoise.com... we were just kids then!
A junkyard band with a heart of dirt, smoke, and wires; the Curious Mystery blends Sixties-style psychedelia with American country-blues and garage experimentalism . Cool night air, slow burning heaviness, impregnation by blackberry, Captain Beefheart, late night crawlers, native fowl, dinner, river blindness; these are some of the things the Curious Mystery bides its time thinking about. They began in 2005 in Seattle where Shana Cleveland, a Midwestern daughter of Blues and Country rock musicians met Nicolas Gonzalez; an experimental instrumentalist from Texas enamored with Polvo, Morricone, and Eastern drones. Today the band features Nicolas on guitar, vocals, and homemade instruments; Shana on vocals, banjo, guitar, and autoharp; as well as Faustine B. Hudson on drums, gong, dinner bell, plastic tube, whathaveyou; and Bradford Button on the bass guitar. In 2008 they met up with Calvin Johnson and recorded an album; "Rotting Slowly", out on cd and vinyl.
".......... They approach Americana like Exene Cervenka and John Doe gone walkabout in the Area 51 desert after a Cinco de Mayo piss up. Their debut for K has the wonderful slinky sloppiness that a few tequila shots will loosen from already good nights." ".... Worldly, weary and more self-possessed than expected from first-timers, the Curious Mystery are on a psychedelic journey to brighten your Mazzy Starry nights. (K)"
"........ their heady psychedelia sounds like messy garage cacophony and country western fucking on acid......soothing my desert soul with tambourines that shake like rattlesnakes and guitars that howl like coyotes....."
"......... Rotting Slowly, their debut on K Records, is a crawling, creeping panoramic desert-rock vista that intently blazes your brain, parches your senses, and allows you to quench with sweaty vocals and twist-heavy garage psychedelia dirges. Gothic Americana layered thick with ramblin’ hippie blues...."
filmed by hideyuki katsumata who also filmed promo animation of Little dragon (fortune) from Sweden. our new album is also available by CD and MP3(itunes music store)
i gotta be honest with ya guys, i been listenin to ur stuff nonstop since i bought that LP. you guys are super creative and it shows. how was the show in Oakland?
A most excellent show ladies and gents, an honor indeed. Thanks for the heavy music that made us think. Here's to the rest of your tour, and remember, Gong Happens.
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I will be opening for Baby Bash & Frankie J with special guest Paula Deanda in July, 2009 at the El Corazon in Seattle, Wa. at 8 PM. If you can be there, get you tickets now before it sells out. It is for all ages. See you there ~ Vanessa :)
You guys are awesome! Please make a Sacramento stop on your next California tour! Also, check out these local Sac bands that I adore ad think you will too . . . Impotent Ninja 20,000 Pets Prieta
