Umphrey's McGee
Mantis
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| 2 Preamble | |
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| 3 Mantis | |
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| 6 Turn & Run | |
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| 7 Spires | |
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| 8 Prophecy Now | |
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AMG Review of Mantis
William Ruhlmann
All Music GuideHaving passed the ten-year mark, a milestone for any band, Umphrey's McGee have taken an increasingly deliberate approach to their career, attempting, for instance, to create a definitive representation of their concert performance in 2007's Live at the Murat (the equivalent for this group of the Grateful Dead's Live/Dead or the Allman Brothers Band's At Fillmore East), and taking a few years to come up with their fourth studio album, Mantis, for the first time working from scratch without road-testing the material. If the result is not quite the Umphrey's McGee equivalent of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, this is certainly the first album by the group to really sound like a studio effort, with its intricate editing, addition of strings (the overdubbed efforts of Christopher Hoffman and Nathan Swanson on violins, violas, and cellos), and such studio-only effects as fade-outs. It is also a recording on which these musos let themselves go stylistically and technically, less interested in demonstrating their chops than in creating complex musical statements. Umphrey's McGee are usually categorized as a jam band, but Mantis has none of the blues and jazz underpinnings typical of such ensembles (and none of the noodling). Rather, this is neo-prog rock in the manner of, say, Yes or Rush, exulting in its abrupt tempo shifts, modulations, and contrasting musical textures. It argues that the musicians are not just the whiz kids they started out as, but accomplished, mature artists ready to explore unknown territory.
Briefly: Umphrey’s Mantis Tour Dates
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We just wanted to remind you that you've still got time to let Umphrey's McGee know what tracks from the vault you'd like to see released as bonus material for their new album, Mantis . Simply head over to this post and leave a comment telling them exactly what gems you want to hear.The Chicago-based sextet just finished their last tour of 2008 in Washington D.C. this weekend, and we'll have mo...
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Umphrey's McGee Announces Release of East Star All-Stars Remix
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Available digitally at Itunes and elsewhere beginning October 6th, Umphrey's McGee releases a dub remix of "Turn & Run" - remixed by Michael G. of the famed reggae collective, Easy Star All-Stars (Lonely Hearts World Tour 2009, Dub Side of the Moon, Radiodread). "Turn & Run" originally appeared on Umphrey's McGee's latest studio album, Mantis. read more
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