Molasses

There are several artists who use the name Molasses: a.) a musical collective from Montreal, Quebec (see picture) b.) a pop band from San Francisco, California c.) a noise-rock band from London, UK a.) The Canadian post-rock band is a collective of up to sixteen musicians built around songwriter Scott Chernoff. Members are involved with other ventures such as Fly Pan Am, the Boxhead Ensemble, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, the Shalabi Effect, and Codeine. They play folk-actuelle, a genre fusing traditional North American folk aesthetics with the free ethos of musique actuelle.

a.) a musical collective from Montreal, Quebec (see picture)

b.) a pop band from San Francisco, California

c.) a noise-rock band from London, UK

a.)
The Canadian post-rock band is a collective of up to sixteen musicians built around songwriter Scott Chernoff. Members are involved with other ventures such as Fly Pan Am, the Boxhead Ensemble, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, the Shalabi Effect, and Codeine. They play folk-actuelle, a genre fusing traditional North American folk aesthetics with the free ethos of musique actuelle. Molasses' influences include electro-acoustics, rural country and blues, hobo composition, contemporary noise, trash punk, abstract jazz and street poetry. Their first recording was You'll Never Be Well No More in 2000, quickly followed by the release of Trilogie: Toil & Peaceful Life in the same year, Slow Messe in 2003 and Trouble at Jinx Hotel in 2004. Molasses has become well-known locally in their hometown over the past few years for intimate, elaborate live performances, with seven core members playing more than a dozen instruments: guitars, banjos, oud, organs, piano, upright bass, cello, violin, drums, scrap-metal, saws, accordion and harmonica. Shows are eerily candlelit and often include silent film or slide projections. An ongoing free concert series, one which included a midnight mass and soup kitchen on Christmas Day 1998, consistently drew over-capacity crowds to Montreal's infamous Bar Miami.

b.)
The members of the Californian band - Brooks Lundy (Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar), Johnny Venus (Drums), Jason Goodman (Keyboards, Vocals), Shin Hirose (Bass),
Jeffrey Suffin (Rhythm Guitar, Vocals) - began writing and recording together in 1998. With the addition of longtime collaborator Jeffrey Suffin (Holy Mother of Pearl) and local drummer David Fuller (Unity 5) began playing live. They claim to be influenced by WHAM!, Air Supply, Loverboy, Gypsy Kings, and Slayer.

c.)
The London-based Molasses are a two-piece noise-rock outfit drawing elements of punk, stoner-rock and even a hint of math-rock into an energetic, loud-as-hell bundle. Originally from Cambridge, Katie Weeks (Drums) and Alessia Lee (Guitars/ Vocals) have recently started playing shows and recording a few songs under this moniker, and plan to continue doing so for as long as they can. facebook.com/molassesband