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Mt. St. Helen's Vietnam Band!


Posted by Hartley On Jan 22, 2009

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Mt. St. Helen's Vietnam Band are the latest signings to Dead Oceans Records. Their A&R owner guy, Phil, has some fucking interesting and diverse tastes. Dead Oceans' roster somehow manages to make room for Citay (instrumental prog folk), Bishop Allen (Ivy league cardigan-sweater pop), Evangelicals  (wtf spooky psychedlia), and Explorer's Club (a Beach Boys cover band) to name but a few.

Well, now we've got the enigmatic Mt. St. Helen's Vietnam Band. Here's what we know about this band:

1) They have five members

2) They are from Seattle

3) Their name invokes a famous volcano and a famous war

4) Their selftitled Dead Oceans debut is absolutely killer 

5) I should not like this album at all. Why, you ask? Well, it sounds like Queen (ugh) or even worse Fall Out Boy. Yes, that Fall Out Boy. These guys should be doing Virgin Mega-Store signings. There is enough flanging multiple-finger-taping 80's guitar solos to inspire another 12 Joe Satriani records. There's also nary a single track out of 11 that doesn't involve numerous left-field prog-y tempo changes.

6) I know what you're thinking: "that sounds like a shit album, Hartley"

7) BUT IT'S NOT!

8) Miraculously, whether it be because of the songwriting or the playin or some weird x-factor against all odds (read: taste) Mt. St. Helen's brand of spazzoid, epic cabaret rock is completely addictive. Go figure.

9) Only making things come off as even more bizarre, get this: THEIR DRUMMER IS A 13 YEAR OLD.

10) And making things even more bizarre than that: THEIR DRUMMER IS A 13 YEAR OLD WHO WAS ADOPTED BY TWO OF MT. ST. HELEN'S BAND MEMBERS.

11) Take a second and reread items 9 and 10.

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Anyway, Mt. St. Helen's Vietnam Band completely destroy. Great band. Great debut. Check 'em out.

Here's "Who's Asking" off Mt. St. Helen's Vietnam Band's selftitled debut out 3/10 on Dead Oceans:

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