June Cleaver & The Steak Knives

Cool band I found recently.  Mainly two brothers from Syracuse, NY who blend several genre's (classical, rock, electronica, surf, lounge, tribal, funk, punk, avant-garde/experimental, and jazz) together for a great sound that's unpredictible, yet quite enjoyable to listen to.  They've had 5 releases.  Similarities referred to are: Zappa, The Residents, Portishead, Sun Ra, They Might Be Giants, etc..  I think they'd be a nice addition to the Archives.  My guess is Eclectic?  The name of the band should be enough for inclusion, right?

http://www.cleaverstudios.com/

http://cdbaby.com/cd/cleaver

http://cdbaby.com/cd/cleaver2

http://cdbaby.com/cd/cleaver3

http://www.myspace.com/junecleaverthesteakknives

CN


Edited by ComfortablyNumb - April 01 2008 at 17:17

Atavachron wrote: Eclectic Team is in a transition right now but I'm sure they'll be on this

Thanks.  They're definitely worthy for consideration, imho.  Hopefully we'll see em' in here sometime in the near future.

CN

best band name.

based on Myspace...  should get kicked to Psyche...

great band name though...

as of now.. both teams are looking at it.  Prog by it's nature is eclectic.  Where bands tend to fall into eclectic here at PA's  is when there is no defining or predominant characteristic or style within the music. Regardless of how many influences abound in total.

I haven't listened to anything but the MySpace however...  I'll take a listen to the Cdbaby site though.

that is just in terms of PA's classification of course...  and that ... is just how I see it.  Ask someone else and they'll tell you Frank Zappa is eclectic for his body of work.  The problem is.. again...  might as well throw damn near  everyone in eclectic again.  If a group had more than a passing career...  most.. maybe not all. but most will have done exploring, shifts, or downright U-turns in their music and styles. The  trick is to find in the music.. or the artist the defining characteristic so we can have half way reasonable grouping here. 

Rush being a perfect example ... could they not be eclectic.. Xover...  Prog-Related . No.. they are a flagship of the hard.. err.. heavy prog genre here.. based on a few albums in the 70's... but those albums DEFINED them.. and what David sees that subgenre as.    I could throw tons of examples at you of groups that are listed NATURALLY in a sub.. by the percentage of output that actually is.. can be rather small. 

an update..

micky whored June out to the psych team, but they were left unsatisfied...and matched the steak knives with a daggar in the back.

going to take another listen.. been some time.. see if they might fit in AR.

micky wrote: listened to everything... perplexed...  taking this to intellects that far exceed mine..... eclectic team.

Curious to see where they end up.  

CN

Logan wrote:    Not easy to classify

that is the signature litmus test of eclectic here at the archives....

Logan wrote: Not easy to classify. EDIT: Listened again, good stuff.

Glad you like them.  This is cool stuff.  I think it says a lot about a band when they create music purely for artistic expression without a concern for sellability.  Maybe we can help em' out with a little word of mouth advertising.  Hopefully we'll have more, tasty, progsoup from this band in the near future.

CN