Unknown Limelight: Menomena
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.
Menomena “Wet and Rusting” (mp3)
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.
i just saw them open for long winters too. unforgettable