Short Facts
Genre: Avant-Garde, Post-Metal, Experimental
Formed in: 1996
Split up in: 2003
Origin: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Members:
Jason Byron
Toby Driver
Greg Massi
Maria-Stella Fountoulakis
Josh Seipp-Williams
Jason Bitner
Terran Olson
Sam Gutterman
Nicholas Kyte
Andrew Dickson
Discography:
My Psycho Fruitbells… A Seed Combustible (1999)
Bath (2001)
Leaving Your Body Map (2001)
Most people – that have listened to “maudlin of the Well” before – say, that you haven’t listened to progressive music if you haven’t heard “maudlin of the Well”. They’re the most confusing band I have ever heard, but there music is ingenious. They’re a mix of post-rock/-metal, progressive rock/metal, classical, doom metal, sludge and indie rock.
I haven’t listened to their debut-album “My Psycho Fruitbells… A Seed Combustible”, but the two others are amazing. “Bath” and “Leaving Your Body Map” are companion albums, you realize that even if you’ve heard neither of them, because the cover from “Bath” references to “Leaving Your Body Map” and backwards. There are also musical references, for example “Bath” starts with a post-rock song and “Leaving Your Body Map” with a post-metal song. Although “Leaving Your Body Map” is considered to be the better one, I like “Bath” more. It’s true, that “Bath” is a bit inconsistent, because every song amongs to another genre of music, which doesn’t apply to “Leaving Your Body Map”.
Another interesting aspect is, that they gain there music from ‘Astral Projection’, which basically means lucid dreams, so they don’t compose music, they “find” it.
In 2003 the band lost longtime members, changed labels and decided to disband and reform themselves as “Kayo Dot”.
You can buy “Bath” and “Leaving Your Body Map” on Amazon, but they’re very expensive.
maudlin of the Well – Birth Pains of Astral Projection – Bath
maudlin of the Well on ProgArchives
maudlin of the Well on Last.fm
