When considering how much music is produced each year its funny when something from your past is reintroduced to you in an entirely different light. It is my belief that I stumbled into Menomena through my “Epitonic phase”…that being when I was completely enthralled with downloading free & legal music while at the same time finding a ton of great bands I had never heard of. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I remember Menomena being one of them. It was a stage of my life, however, where I was still familiarizing myself with a variety of well known (to most) bands and found myself often listening to and forgetting about a great deal of excellent music. Sometimes, as was the situation with Menomena, I simply believed that these new bands I was finding through sites such as Epitonic were widely appreciated and I was just behind the trend with them. Either way, I kind of forgot about the band.
Well, it appears the trend has caught up with the times and Menomena has found a niche. If you’re interested in the hard Texas sounds of alterna-driven rockers such as The Butthold Surfers, Menomena will sound like crap. But, if you’re interested in hearing a delicate wave of harmony translated through Northwestern accents, Menomena is for you.
I just saw Menomena open up for The Long Winters. It is odd, because while reading your post I tried to remember actually seeing them play — I know I did, and I remember thinking that I kind of liked them during the show. But now? Now I can’t really remember anything about it.
Ondine
September 27th, 2006
i just saw them open for long winters too. unforgettable
whosa
September 30th, 2006