(Lov) // Muchos Backflips! :: Curtains i Tell You

I am very excited to announce that the long awaited sophomore record from Muchos Backflips!...Curtains i Tell You... is finally HERE!  My husband has been playing bass with them for 4 years now and we are SUPER excited, indeed!

The heart and soul of the band, Winston Barrett, did an amazing job. The many long hours spent in  (Cucuy Productions) yields an album that any perfectionist would enjoy; the incredible attention to detail that comes through loud and clear.  It takes you on a unique musical adventure...a frolic through the weird and wonderful, dark yet playful mind of Mr. Barrett.  The design of the album cover, photos, and the original art work are perfection. AND...the vinyl is orange (my favorite color)!

Want a little taste?  Go here to listen to four of the songs ( El Zilcho, Curtains i Tell You, Night Blaster, and Worst Episode Ever). Go here to get a free download of their single "Bug Jar" (not on the album). 

Here's a review from www.leicesterbangs.com: 
  
Muchos Backflips! - Curtains I Tell You (Independent) Experimental and completely off-the-wall, Winston Barrett’s Muchos Backflips! mix up hardcore, metal, epic soundtracks, mariachi brass, unstructured jazz flip-outs and previously untested jerk-rhythms, sometimes all within the same song. Mostly instrumental, when words appear they do so as grunted asides, left to fester in and amongst the cacophony of shredded guitars, weepy horns and convulsive beats. 
 

Opening cut “El Zilcho” begins fairly straightforwardly with crunchy guitars, but we’re less than a minute in before a reggae trumpet and a love of spy-movie themes comes to the fore. The title track includes a vocal of sorts, gentle at first, but then growly and ugly and you won’t be singing along in the shower. “Worst Episode Ever” builds and destroys, embraces its stimuli before quickly dying.

Needless to say “Curtains I Tell You” will appeal to a limited audience; they are the lucky ones. Of course it’s a record that challenges listeners to make choices, but for all its flights of aural insanity, it retains a musical core. Barrett’s obviously a fanboy at heart, utilizing his many influences to make his own musical investigations. Indeed, I’d love to spend an intimate week with his record collection. 

Our record collection is certainly much better off (and a bit more colorful) now that Curtains I Tell You has found a home amongst it's vinyl brethren...

 

The band got help with the production of the vinyl records through Kickstarter, a fantastic organization that helps fund creative projects by independent artists.  In 30 days, the band raised $3,200!  I and the rest of  the friends, family and fans who contributed got a shout out in the liner notes!  (Well, being the unofficial band hairstylist and wife of the bassist got me two "thank yous", but whose counting.)

I love this band (especially the bassist).  I love this album.  And I love knowing that when I am holding it in my hand, I am holding Winston's dream. Congratulations on a masterful success, gentlemen! 

(Lov)e,

-k.