The
best way for me to describe the music of M!NES is to say that it resembles
something between indie rock and twee but is of this sort of subgenre that has
not yet been very well documented.
Bands galore are coming out within these songs, from Radiohead to the
dreamy side of 311 to Death Cab, Flaming Lips, Buddy Holly, The Strokes and it
goes on and on and on.
One of
the biggest factors in this music that you need to understand is the complexity
of it all. There are seemingly layers
upon layers here, whether it be dreamy whooshes or scratching up the guitars,
and it somehow brings out this idea that this could be a math rock band that is
instrumental.
With that, I can’t help
but wonder if this does indeed need vocals or if it would be better off without
them. I know I’ve reviewed plenty of
instrumental bands less complex than this and said that they stood well on
their own without vocals, and this could just as easily stand without them as
well, but I’m just hoping that the addition of vocals doesn’t overcomplicate
this for some listeners.
Sometimes
the vocals can remind me of Cage the Elephant and sometimes I can even bring
out these Weezer comparisons. With the
fire of The Casket Lottery, the melody of an older Polyvinyl band and the
ability to shift paces seamlessly ala Local H or Blur, M!NES is truly one of a
kind.
Whether
it be a mixture of Blink 182 (their melody) and The Dismemberment Plan or an
intro containing that crazy old western piano, M!NES is everything that you
never knew you wanted in a rock band.
Wow is this good.
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