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Museyroom Share Future Nostalgia on “Ranges” via FLOOD Magazine

February 8, 2016
Ricardo Nelson

Ricardo Nelson

Museyroom Shares “Ranges” with FLOOD Magazine

“Pearly Whites” Due March 25th via Grind Select

Announce Tour Dates with Carrol

 

East Coast psych pop trio Museyroom are sharing “Ranges,” their dynamic new single viaFLOOD Magazine. Taken from the band’s stunning full length debut, Pearly Whites (due out March 25th via Grind Select), “Ranges” covers a wide spectrum of their sound from glitchy psych and noise pop to dreamy atmospherics that burst throughout the song’s constant evolution. The song’s unique shifting structure lending itself to Jack Donovan’s gorgeous vocal melodies as they float within the shapeshifting mix of electronic and acoustic sounds.

Speaking about “Ranges,” FLOOD Magazine shared, “It opens on a bitter-twinged arpreggio of synth and uncomfortably glitched acoustic guitar. Those craggy pods eventually bloom under the gentle power of the trio’s vocal harmonies, but the song never really feels smooth, despite its desire to do so. Imagine Merriweather Post Pavilion–era Animal Collective trying to recreate their original campfire vibes.”

TOUR DATES:

03/09 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Gateway *
03/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Ortlieb’s *
03/11 – Baltimore, MD @ The Crown *
03/13 – Atlanta, GA @ The Sewing Room *
03/16 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa *

* w/ Carroll

ABOUT MUSEYROOM:

Museyroom’s beginnings can be traced back to 2003, when guitarist and singer, Jack Donovan, and multi-instrumentalist, Ben Cohen, began to write and record their own songs. Working in Ben’s basement, they developed intricately layered pop songs on a four-track tape recorder using an old Casio keyboard, a tenor saxophone, and an acoustic guitar. The two bonded over influences ranging from The Strokes to Bob Dylan to John Coltrane, resulting in a musical eclecticism that is reflected in Ben and Jack’s earliest songs, which combine narrative-based lyrics with complex and nuanced melodies.

After playing together in a series of bands, they met drummer Matt Coppola, and together formed what would become Museyroom—a name derived from James Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake, which references a sort of alternate dimension that the group would soon create with its musical output, sonically mirroring an unexplored, variable universe.

Their first release, a self-titled EP, was recorded over the course of a week in the summer of 2009 with singer Luke Rathborne at Williamsburg’s Motel Studios. With the inspired addition of a Wurlitzer found on the sidewalk and a stripped down drum kit—the kick turned on its side and played like a floor tom—the suite of four songs is a lo-fi snapshot of the band’s sample-filled live set at the time.

Over the past few years, the three musicians have been holed up in the studio, painstakingly capturing the breadth of their imagination in the form of a pop song. Blending delicate impressionist-inspired melodies with the rhythmic sensibilities of hip-hop, Museyroom’s forthcoming album, Pearly Whites, is a dense and ambitious work of rare quality.

The threesome developed the songs on Pearly Whites over a three-year period while each was living in a different city. The challenge of that geographical separation aroused feelings of nostalgia and idealization, which seeped their way into the lyrics and sounds of the album. As a result, the record flows with intimacy and emotion juxtaposed with challenging rhythms and electronic soundscapes, making it a truly original experience that fully propels the listener into the Museyroom.

“Museyroom immerses listeners in otherworldly soundscapes with undulating harmonies blanketing punchy drum lines.” – SPIN

MUSEYROOM
Pearly Whites
Grind Select

March 25, 20161. Pearly Whites
2. Three Stones
3. Ballad
4. Ranges
5. Sleeper
6. Siren
7. Siren End
8. It Won’t Change Now
9. Junkyard

Museyroom Links:
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