Review of Wondernaut's Mind the Pendulum Swing EP
I would like you to meet the band Wondernaut, who sent in their EP Mind the Pendulum Swing for review. The band's biography needs a bit sprucing up, so I made this up about them.
Wondernaut mastermind Billy Gro is a multilingual, Indian cherpa who lead his tribe "wondermaut" to the fruitful land of Oklahoma City. Once inside the confines of the bountiful bossoms of OKC, Billy found Austin Richeson, who was forged from hardened steel and concrete after the OKC bombing. The image a few don't remember from those dreadful pictures is Austin walking out of the OKC federal building like the T-1000 out of Cyberdine. Together they started a band, but needed a drummer and a bassist. That is where they went to Oklahoma City based porn company Fred Pryor Productions and found MJ, who has a wonky eye from the Great Cumshot accident of 2004 where he was awarded 500k from Fred Pryor Productions. And Shaunshaun Mackie, who was the assistant to the assistant boom mic operator during the Great Cumshot Accident of 2004. Finally a foursome, not in the gay way, they set out to conquer the indie music scene across the United States, if not through their expertise in Indian cherpary than with their hardened steel cocks.
Mind the Pendulum is a breath of fresh air to the pomposity of the indie scene. When you say the word "indie" so many negative connotations come to mind. Stuck up, prissy, pretentious, hipster, PBR, flannel, and labia major. But after listening to Mind the Pendulum Swing, the boys of Wondernaut tight-rope the line perfectly. They keep their mysteriousness while showcasing solid musicianship.
Mind the Pendulum starts out with Mind the Pendulum Swing - a Sonic Youth/Dinosaur Jr. light alternative tuning guitar driven opener.The breathy, airy vocals are haunting in sound as they are in meaning. The drums and bass are light and never get in the way of the vocals and guitars. They are perfectly played to accentuate the song and add dimension, but not overwhelm. So many indie bands forget how important drums are and instead balance the vocals with keyboards. Wondernaut didn't make that mistake.
Dear Reason is my favorite track on the EP. The vocals and the guitars wind around one another to build this memorable riff that had me bouncing my foot off my green yoga mat, which I use as a soft landing for my sexual wedge furniture. The upbeat, pop focused anthem has a wondeful melody and Gro's lyrics are fantastic.
Let's take a quick time out, it rare in this industry that lyrics impress me. I was an English major and love to hear rhyme scheme and wordplay. I found this lyric in the song so damn poignant and then when searching for what others thought about the band was shocked someone ELSE picked up on it.
It’s not for me
Wondernaut mastermind Billy Gro is a multilingual, Indian cherpa who lead his tribe "wondermaut" to the fruitful land of Oklahoma City. Once inside the confines of the bountiful bossoms of OKC, Billy found Austin Richeson, who was forged from hardened steel and concrete after the OKC bombing. The image a few don't remember from those dreadful pictures is Austin walking out of the OKC federal building like the T-1000 out of Cyberdine. Together they started a band, but needed a drummer and a bassist. That is where they went to Oklahoma City based porn company Fred Pryor Productions and found MJ, who has a wonky eye from the Great Cumshot accident of 2004 where he was awarded 500k from Fred Pryor Productions. And Shaunshaun Mackie, who was the assistant to the assistant boom mic operator during the Great Cumshot Accident of 2004. Finally a foursome, not in the gay way, they set out to conquer the indie music scene across the United States, if not through their expertise in Indian cherpary than with their hardened steel cocks.
Mind the Pendulum is a breath of fresh air to the pomposity of the indie scene. When you say the word "indie" so many negative connotations come to mind. Stuck up, prissy, pretentious, hipster, PBR, flannel, and labia major. But after listening to Mind the Pendulum Swing, the boys of Wondernaut tight-rope the line perfectly. They keep their mysteriousness while showcasing solid musicianship.
Mind the Pendulum starts out with Mind the Pendulum Swing - a Sonic Youth/Dinosaur Jr. light alternative tuning guitar driven opener.The breathy, airy vocals are haunting in sound as they are in meaning. The drums and bass are light and never get in the way of the vocals and guitars. They are perfectly played to accentuate the song and add dimension, but not overwhelm. So many indie bands forget how important drums are and instead balance the vocals with keyboards. Wondernaut didn't make that mistake.
Dear Reason is my favorite track on the EP. The vocals and the guitars wind around one another to build this memorable riff that had me bouncing my foot off my green yoga mat, which I use as a soft landing for my sexual wedge furniture. The upbeat, pop focused anthem has a wondeful melody and Gro's lyrics are fantastic.
Let's take a quick time out, it rare in this industry that lyrics impress me. I was an English major and love to hear rhyme scheme and wordplay. I found this lyric in the song so damn poignant and then when searching for what others thought about the band was shocked someone ELSE picked up on it.
It’s not for me
I disagree
I’m wrong, it works for all the others
Falling stars fall very far from me
they’re nothing to discover
And if I think
I know
I go from one relation to another
I try too hard
Or not enough sometimes
Why do I even bother?
Powerful and emotional lyrics wrapped around solid musicianship, this band has it all. You can buy the album on iTunes and their previous effort.
Powerful and emotional lyrics wrapped around solid musicianship, this band has it all. You can buy the album on iTunes and their previous effort.
Blogs N' Roses gives Wondernaut's Mind the Pendulum Swing 4 wet pussies out of 5.
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