Monday, September 15, 2008
Music news They Mean Us at The Caledonia Lounge Tues., Sept. 30th
Posted by Scott Irvine on Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 6:03 PM
Finally a band that critics would be hard-pressed to compare to Explosions in the Sky – an anomaly, wait, where?! About five mi
les from the Mexican border at the southern tip of Texas lies one of the Southeast's fastest growing cities, McAllen, and one of the country’s more refreshing instrumental outputs. They Mean Us turns the violin, xylophone, and goofball song titles in to critical elements of a style that can, at times, be as discordant and angular as it can be gentle and caressing. And from what we hear, they put on quite a show.
Having just recovered from a minor lineup change, They Mean Us is beginning a scour of the bottom half of the country in support of the band’s recently released EP, Friendship Lottery. The album was mixed and mastered with help from Atlanta’s Mike Malpass; his assistance helped to flesh out the album's defined percussion, moments of shoegazy atmospherics, and wonderfully scrappy rhythms.
They Mean Us will be playing Athens's Caledonia Lounge on September 30th at 8 p.m. The band will be alongside the resident infallible Mouser and the Atlanta up-and-comers Ours to Alibi.
(Photo by Andy Pena)
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