Conundrum
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Record Label: triple j records
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Rolling Stone - "A few months ago we gold you about The McLovins -- a trio of Connecticut kids who have managed to harness the musical ferocity of Trey Anastasio, Les Claypool and Stewart Copeland before being able to legally drive a car."
Hidden Track - "In a genre of music that normally requires a good three years of 100+ shows and slow burn word of mouth publicity The McLovins appear to be the first band in the jam scene to actually blow up."
Relix - The Magazine for Music [on The Gathering of the Vibes Festival] - "For many, the afternoon’s highlight was the festival debut of The McLovins. The three-piece jamband, which blew up thanks to a series of YouTube clips and Phantasy Tour posts, features three Hartford-based teenagers (the band’s parents sold t-shirts and CDs during the show). The group opened its set with a cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Shakedown Street,” and ran through a number of originals that recalled Weather Report and early Phish, before closing its set with a segue from Phish’s “You Enjoy Myself” into “Backwards Down the Number Line.”
Metromix - 5 Questions With The McLovins - "1. Your band name is based more on McLovin's looks than personality—so which one of you is the most "McLovin" in real life?
True, our band is unique because our first fans actually named us. Jason is the most McLovin, but Jeff is a close second. Our early fans on Phantasy Tour (PT) named us Basslovin (Jason), Axlovin (Jeff) and Drumlovin (Jake). Other than our looks we've got nothing to do with the movie "Superbad," but we notice that people who know the movie smile when they hear our band name. Our first original, "Purple Trees (PT)," was a kind of a bow to Phantasy Tour, who helped light the fuse on the McLovins.
2. The material on your new album is partially inspired by "The Phantom Tollbooth." Who's your favorite character, and why?
Yes, we were eating dinner together at an Italian restaurant last fall and we discovered that "The Phantom Tollbooth" was all our favorite book. We love so many of the characters it is hard to choose. We wrote about Dynne, who collected all the terrible noises and sounds for Dr. Dischord (because nice noises made Dynne sad). In "Dynne," we tell the story of Milo going to the Sound Keeper's castle and stealing the word "but," which he later shoots from a cannon (and blows up the castle), releasing all of the sounds the Sound Keeper had stolen."
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Conundrum
author: The Mclovins
CONUNDRUM is a very textured and diverse work, four of the songs draw their inspiration from the novel The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. This is pretty heady stuff, a concept album that spans a variety of musical genres, chock-full of thoughtful lyrics and soaring melodies. What's most striking at first listen is you can't easily put your finger on their genre. The disc’s roots stretch from funk to jazz to rock and psychedelia, all combined to create a sound reminiscent but never derivative. It’s a collection of songs that always seem to be pulled from the back of your memory, haunting and complex yet inviting and joyful.
The lyrics and song craft are both mature and the band’s musical fundamentals are rock-solid. It’s hard to believe these guys have only been working together for a year. The sound production on the album is full and rich, playing to the band’s strengths and providing an excellent representation of their live performances. This is a rarity as it’s common practice for jam bands to offer up weaker studio albums unable to match the energy and vitality of their live show, however this is a great studio album and is fully reflective of The Mclovins live performance.
I don’t think you can really under-estimate the importance of the album, this is a fully realized piece, no mere grouping of songs, rather this lays the foundation for what will undoubtedly be a remarkable and by all accounts prolific career. A few years from now, people will be arguing over who “discovered” this band but for the time being enjoy this cd, it’s just a taste of the sumptuous feast that we have to look forward to from THE MCLOVINS.
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A Youthful Discretion
author: Dave
CONUNDRUM is a very textured and diverse work, four of the songs draw their inspiration from the novel The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. This is pretty heady stuff, a concept album that spans a variety of musical genres, chock-full of thoughtful lyrics and soaring melodies. What's most striking at first listen is you can't easily put your finger on their genre. The disc’s roots stretch from funk to jazz to rock and psychedelia, all combined to create a sound reminiscent but never derivative. It’s a collection of songs that always seem to be pulled from the back of your memory, haunting and complex yet inviting and joyful.
The lyrics and song craft are both mature and the band’s musical fundamentals are rock-solid. It’s hard to believe these guys have only been working together for a year. The sound production on the album is full and rich, playing to the band’s strengths and providing an excellent representation of their live performances. This is a rarity as it’s common practice for jam bands to offer up weaker studio albums unable to match the energy and vitality of their live show, however this is a great studio album and is fully reflective of The Mclovins live performance.
I don’t think you can really under-estimate the importance of the album, this is a fully realized piece, no mere grouping of songs, rather this lays the foundation for what will undoubtedly be a remarkable and by all accounts prolific career. A few years from now, people will be arguing over who “discovered” this band but for the time being enjoy this cd, it’s just a taste of the sumptuous feast that we have to look forward to from THE MCLOVINS.
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