Tracklist:01. Try To Hide02. Rain03. Right04. Under The Covers05. Roam06. Don't Look Now07. Leave Me Home08. Finer Wine09. Early Grave10. Thought You Knew11. Sea Saw12. Stop This13. Future To Pretend14. LightnessGenre: Alternative Ambient IndieWebsite: Myspace | Release Date: 2009-01-20Label: IndependentRight here we've got a very fine album that's in need of som...
Melanoid just released its debut album, the 14-track Asleep In The Wake, late last month and is set to play its official CD release show at the Yost Theatre in Santa Ana, Calif., on Feb. 26 with The Bird and The Bee, Stacy Clark and DJ Rob.MOKB had the chance to get to know the frontman of the band, Orange County musician Johnny Hanson.MOKB : What is your musical background?Hanson : I've always...
I just listened to Asleep In The Wake and it's easily one of my favorite albums of 2009. Melanoid is the solo workings of Los Angeles based John Hanson, who has been compared in good intention with Thom Yorke. There's a heavy influence there and we didn't skip out on the Radiohead references but seriously isn't that an extremely good thing? The debut album is lyrically thick, playful, and fu...