musical tuesday: something to fresh your breath

So i have known this band for a while, listen to their songs like a drug addict, cried when i didn't get to go to their concerts, and thought of them every time i exited a restaurant and took a mint from the counter after having garlic in my meal, but it has come to my sad understanding that close to know one i know, knows about this wonderful group. (whew that last sentence is a mouthful) So i pleased to introduce to you:

Starlight Mints are a group of beautiful pop mutants (quite truthfully and said with complete respect.) The band consists of four oddballs/goofballs/geeks/nerds/sillypeople/whoconsistoftalent whose love for archetypal (i honestly don't know if that is the right word to use. I just like the sound of it and it was a vocabulary word from last year) pop music and AM radio has provided a rock-solid foundation for a whole bunch of inspired weirdness (but good weirdness.. but weirdness non the less.) 

Allan Vest (vocals/guitar), Marian Love Nunez (keyboards), Javier Gonzales (bass), and Andy Nunez (drums) began jamming together in the '90s, giving birth to their own funky brand of a heavily instrumental, surrealistically worded pop sound that people like me (hipsters) enjoy. I like to call it bubblegum psych- because it is so chewy and yummy and chaosy. It all adds up to something very grand: one marvelous piece of orchestrated, catchy surrealism after another. 


The band has released two albums, "the dream that stuff was made of" in 2000, and "built on squares" in 2003, combining classic string arrangements, cheeky boyish vocals, and a feel good vibe to bring a glossy, fresh sound to indie rock. I hope a new album is underway.. doubt it. :) 


Enjoy the music. 













Goodnight. xoxo :]