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Manners Matter by Mancino
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fave it Quirky | Psychedelic
11 tracks | 43 minutes
Released Feb 2007
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:26 Circus Scabs lyrics BUY MP3 04:26 Circus Scabs lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:26 Circus Scabs
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:03 Hetchie Hutchie Footchie lyrics FREE 03:03 Hetchie Hutchie Footchie lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:03 Hetchie Hutchie Footchie
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:55 People We Meet lyrics BUY MP3 03:55 People We Meet lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:55 People We Meet
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:51 The Anvil and Me lyrics BUY MP3 03:51 The Anvil and Me lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:51 The Anvil and Me
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:46 Definition of an Accident lyrics BUY MP3 03:46 Definition of an Accident lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:46 Definition of an Accident
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:24 Five Blades lyrics BUY MP3 03:24 Five Blades lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:24 Five Blades
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:44 L'Amour (or Less) lyrics BUY MP3 04:44 L'Amour (or Less) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:44 L'Amour (or Less)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:54 The Lavender Lake lyrics BUY MP3 03:54 The Lavender Lake lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:54 The Lavender Lake
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:18 Monster Trucks lyrics BUY MP3 03:18 Monster Trucks lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:18 Monster Trucks
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:58 Buy My Product lyrics BUY MP3 03:58 Buy My Product lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:58 Buy My Product
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:31 Motels lyrics BUY MP3 05:31 Motels lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:31 Motels
From the depths of the Gowanus Canal, Mancino mashes elements of 60's pop, psyche, circus squawks, and solid rock music into a potent stew that possesses the shy wallflower to boogie and the dancing queen to strap on a pair of headphones and geek out.
Editorial review
Brooklyn-based indie pop trio Mancino follows its 2005 EP Dear International with its first full-length CD, Manners Matter, the title giving some indication of the band's fussy, light-weight stylishness. The group has a spare, melodic sound in which guitarist Michael Grimes, keyboard player Nadim Issa, and drummer Jonathan Mason are each distinct participants. There is some similarity to the early Talking Heads, and that is accentuated by Grimes' singing, by the stop-and-start rhythms, and by Grimes' lyrics, which are quirky and amusing, beginning with the first track, "Circus Scabs," no doubt the first song written about the subject of replacement workers at "the county carnival" and how "ill at ease" they are "Because the picket lines are on our case." Elsewhere, Mancino invents strange dances ("Hetchie Hutchie Footchie") and drifts down Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal to the ocean ("Motels"). With titles like "Five Blades," "Monster Trucks," and "Buy My Product," it often seems as though Grimes writes his words by falling asleep in front of the TV and then jotting down impressions that occur to him when he wakes up. But his observations are often charming, especially when wedded to Mancino's pop arrangements. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Mancino is one part sonic beast and two parts insecure nerd.
From the depths of Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal, the trio mashes elements of 60’s pop, psyche, circus squawks, and solid rock music into a potent stew that possesses the shy wallflower to boogie and the dancing queen to strap on a pair of headphones and geek out.
This recipe has been simmering over the course of three years of blistering live shows in New York and Brooklyn, as well as through extensive touring in much of the U.S. The band has headlined and feuded with such regarded acts as Tapes ‘n Tapes, Plastic Constellations, Sam Champion, Dosh, Hymns, Addison Groove Project,and many more. Mancino’s music was most recently featured in the film “First Ascent” (Sender Films) alongside Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Rapture and Devotchka.
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