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I Am The Fun Blame Monster! by Menomena
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fave it Piano | Punk
9 tracks | 44 minutes
Released May 2003
on Muuuhahaha! LLC
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Editorial review
The Portland trio that comprises Menomena calls its first album I Am the Fun Blame Monster!, which is an anagram for "the first Menomena album." That kind of joke is typical of a band that packages the disc in a flipbook showing them performing on drums, bass, and piano and that reveals in their press materials that the album was largely produced with a self-written computer program, after which they learned to play its songs live. Cut through all this traffic, and the music itself is still laden with primitive effects. Menomena loves to have its vocals filtered through a nearly impenetrable screen of noise, loves to begin a musical figure on keyboards or guitar, repeat it over and over, then suddenly cut it off and move on to something else. The piano/bass/drum combination sometimes recalls Ben Folds Five, but the melodies and lyrics are never given much of a chance to develop, or even be heard for long in the self-conscious gimmickry of the deliberately harsh production. Menomena clearly thinks of itself as a clever bunch of musicians. Maybe next time around they'll be more interested in sharing their wit with their listeners rather than just alluding to it. For a debut album, I Am the Fun Blame Monster! is surprisingly sophomoric. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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the portland mercury: sound glue
menomena is rockin' the remix
by julianne shepherd
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at first, it's tough to figure out the way menomena's piano, guitar, drums, and bass converge in on each other like electrical patchwork. their sounds fit together, snug but sparse, fleshing out into reflective pop and instrumental music that is both strangely skeletal and panoramic. their stellar bass and beats pop out in grooves with a vague hiphop influence, embellished with the thoughtful temperance of piano and vocal melodies. even still, something about their composition always seems a little unseated, as if their songs are being played backwards. live, it sounds like they're playing remix versions of their songs. menomena always seemed excellent to me--polished, but not glossy, and very heartfelt--but i could never figure out why they sounded so... electronic.
as it turns out, that's just how the portlanders--brent knopf, danny seim, and justin harris--write their music.
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Album AmazementPugsi wrote on December 16, 2008
I highly recommend buying this CD- as in the actual thing, at your local music store. The album itself is designed with a multi-versatile cover & the artwork is truly phenomenal. On top of that, almost every song by this band, but specifically so with this album it really a work of art in itself. The tracks are also a little dramatic; there's lots of sounds, instruments to listen to (though not SO many words). The lyrics are magical as well- it's more poetry than stories so you really get to close your eyes and paint a picture, similarly to listening to a classical masterpiece. Okay, so clearly I adore this band's music but still- give it a try!