We're An American Band by Mx-80

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Weird Jazz | Industrial

13 tracks | 52 minutes

Released Sep 2005
on Family Vineyard

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dark, upbeat, avant music

Editorial review

Close to ten years after they last went into the studio (and nearly 30 after they cut their first album), MX-80 are remarkably still intact (the core trio of Bruce Anderson, Dale Sophiea, and Rich Stim are all still onboard) and if the band's attack isn't as aggressive as it once was, We're an American Band reveals they're as smart and adventurous as they've ever been. Guitarist Bruce Anderson's endless waves of guitar sonics, occupying a middle ground between hard rock assault and art rock texture and fragmentation, are still very much the star of this show, and his layers of lovely noise swell and shift throughout these 13 songs, often leaving the melodic backbone to the other instruments but always setting the tone for each tune. Rich Stim's dry, semi-ironic vocals sometime suggest that Steven Wright is fronting the band, but the deadpan humor of his lyrics makes them all the more effective on songs such as "Don't Hate the French," the love-song parody "You Turned My Head Around," and "Cry Uncle," a tribute to some remarkable parental siblings. And while We're an American Band often subtly (and in the case of "Don't Hate the French," not so subtly) deals with the travails of American life during the George W. Bush administration, there's enough dark wit and imagination in these songs to prevent the commentary from becoming strident, and the ebb and flow of the music, with electronic accents easing in and out of the banks of guitar, is compelling no matter what Stim has to say. Rich, witty, adventurous, and satisfying, We're an American Band is a thoroughly contemporary album from a band still walking along the edges in their fourth decade of making music. ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide

Bio / Background

"After a 10-year absence from recording, MX-80 returned this Fall with what may well be their finest hour, the glittering 'We’re An American Band'. Hypnotic, subconsciously inflammatory and packed with top-end musicianship, it coalesces all their experience into a potent mind bomb encased in candy apple sweetness.MX-80 album." -- Dennis Cook, Signal to Noise, Issue #40

About MX-80

* Cited as an influence by a wide range of artists from Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth to recordist Steve Albini

* MX-80 has been called "either the most Heavy Metal art band or the most arty Heavy Metal band in the world" (Interview)

* MX-80 Founder Bruce Anderson was labeled as one of America's "Unknown Greats" by Guitar Player Magazine.

* Rock writer Chuck Eddy included three MX-80 albums in his classic tome "Stairway to Hell: The 500 Best Heavy Metal Albums in the Universe".

* "We're An American Band" is MX-80's first studio album in a decade.