Honest Folk

After completing a grave yard shift, I was dead to the world fast asleep at eight on a Friday night. I awoke at about half one to a sound on the radio and pure bliss passed through my ears, carefully crafted folk with heartfelt lyrics and beautiful instruments. By the time the song had finished, I had my pen and paper ready to jot down who made it.

Radio 3 announced a band called Musee Mecanique and the song was called ‘Under Glass’. The hypnotic lyrical delivery of ‘Under Glass’ is brought to life by the instrumental strings with co.

MM are Micah Rabwin (vox, guitar, musical saw, keyboards), Sean Ogilvie (vox, keyboard, guitar, accordion and melodica), Matt Berger (Drums, percussion, glockenspiel), Jeff Boyd (Bass, glockenspiel, cassett player) and Brian Perez (keyboards, lap steel, glockenspiel, melodica, percussion).

They define their genre as Indie, Folk Rock, Electronics, are from Portland Oregon, and are signed to Souterrain Transmissions.

Using an array of musical instruments including accordions, musical saws, a pedal steel, glockenspiels, pianos, synthesizers, trumpets, woodwinds and strings. Each song is layered with sound, sound that progresses with every beat.

Their A/B side singles ‘Sleeping In Our Clothes’ and 'Like Home' was released last month and has gained spot plays on BBC 6 Music. MM have shared the stage with Great Lake Swimmers, Wye Oak and Laura Gibson.

Their debut full-length album ‘Hold This Ghost’ was released on the 15th of February. For more information, check out their website.

Fav: Under Glass