Chickadee Mountain Martyrs

Chickadee Mountain Martyrs might be messing with your mind. But they're doing it with a finesse that lurks so deeply behind a loud and garrulous foreground, you might never know it was there until it was too late, with music that is, as great art ought to be, out of your grasp but within your reach. This isn't complexity for its own sake, but the logical expression of a band that has made up its own mind about what does and doesn't sound good, and that announces in every note a patent refusal to kowtow. [City Pages]

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Richard Arnold: drums, Luc Parker: guitar/vocals, Dominic Hanft: bass, Evan Malone: percussion/vocalsFreelance players/alumnus: Kai Stenlund: alto sax, Nikki Grossman: violin/vocals, Jonathan Kennedy: synth/trumpet, Erin Smith: bari sax