Great Music Comes from Massachusetts

Mobius Band released their 2nd album, Heaven, with indie label Misra Records last month. 10 fresh tracks from the trio will have you 'synth-rocking' out.

Friends with other bands like Editors and The Nationals, Mobius Band members include Noam Schatz, Ben Sterling and Peter Sax. The three met while studying at Wesleyan University. Funny, right? Coincidence? I don't think so. Both Mobius Band and MGMT, (which I wrote about a few weeks ago here) both hail from Wesleyan.

They self-released three albums aptly named One, Two, and Three, before their first record label album with Ghostly International titled City Vs. Country. City Vs. Country was out in early 2005, but later that year the band came out with the full length album with the same label, The Loving Sounds of Static, which was mostly a continuation of City Vs. Country.

From the band's bio on their website:

"Heaven’s sound is marked by Noam’s new obsession — “circuit bent” keyboards. Inspired by a chance encounter in Minneapolis, Noam took to deliberately short-circuiting the innards of toy keyboards, turning them into bizarre machines capable of incredibly sophisticated and impossible-to-duplicate sounds. While Peter and Ben crafted Heaven’s songs in the band’s Brooklyn rehearsal space, Noam — the one member of the band who remained in rural Massachussets — spent many months in isolation, alternating between an extensive rewiring and renovation of his old country house, and long hours in the attic—begoggled, soldering gun in hand, tinkering with fifteen flea market-ready Casio keyboards salvaged from yard sales. At a time when anyone with a laptop has a wealth of pre-fab electronic noises at their disposal, Heaven’s sound is a tribute to Noam’s dedicated approach and sui generis sonic research."

My personal picks from the first album would have to be the title track and "You're Wrong." From the new album, I like a lot of them including "Hallie" which you can download here at Ghostly International for free.

Also, I'd like to apologize for not posting an article last week. I took the day off to eat some turkey. Hope everyone had a good holiday!

Photo and text sources: Wikipedia, Mobius Band Website, Amazon, Ghostly International, Misra Records

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