Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s

Who is Margot and what is a nuclear so so?  What is up with the kitty? Come again!?  All understandable of course, I mean it isn’t every day that such a name easily rolls from your tongue and lips.  However, with a name like that a lot of assumptions are tagged very quickly.  Yes, the name is a little outrageous and even quite annoying, but so what, it’s not about a name, it’s about the music.  It’s all about the music.  However, when we look at the music we find another item that sets this group up for dissection and perhaps failure amongst the ears of casual fans and even critics.  They have a large band…8 members…vocals, guitars, drums, trumpets, cello, percussion, keys, and bass…with a lineup like that it’s either kill or be killed.  With a lineup like that you’re either setting yourself for something amazing or for a jumbled up mess……

Thankfully for us, and for the band, the have pulled it off and done so brilliantly.  Despite the crazy band name, despite the large lineup of bandmates, and even some weird song names…this band has created an amazing album titled “The Dust of Retreat“.  The album is full of melodic wonderfulness, mixed with an orchestral sound and even hints of atmospheric sounds, all the while adding a touch of indie-rock-pop music with lyrics that have the ability to stun; “Your mother is a vampire, she sucked your old-man’s life away”, “Just cover your neck, cuz your life is full of regrets”.

I wish I had the ability to key in all the ways this album has hit me, all the ways this band has crafted an amazing piece of music…but alas I can not…but it only took the opening moments of the album to make me realize I would be engulfed by it for days and days…it’s now been weeks….I guess I was wrong.

Website:  http://www.margotandthenuclearsoandsos.com/
Myspace:  http://www.myspace.com/margotandthenuclearsoandsos

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