Solution oriented muzik in a parallel universe
"For $19.95 you can get 20% more FREEDUMB"3.08.2010
The Naked Residency | March 2010 | 2 hour set + guests!
Buy Tickets to 1 or more shows.
HUMANWINE has earned a reputation for their lyrics and allegorical storytelling which is the showcase of The Naked Residency. From the minds of Nervous Relatives: HUMANWINE hosts "The Naked Residency" at Cambridge's Lizard Lounge each Tuesday in March starting on the 9th and ending on the 30th. M@ McNiss and Holly Brewer want to "Let the songs speak for themselves in an intimate setting. A large rock venue with all the lights and huge half stacks can be overwhelming and it's easy to look over the intricate details that give each song story their own personal identity." Come for one or all nights, every night will be different show with the thread of real homegrown music that walks the line of dark and light, heavy and soft, kind and cruel. A unique, hand picked guest opens the each evening at 9pm. The show ends at Midnight.
Labels: Acoustic, Boston, Clara Engle, holly brewer, HUMANWINE, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, live music, Lizard Lounge, mat mcniss, Seth Chatfield, What time is it mr fox
1.05.2010
HUMANWINE's first show in 2010
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Labels: Boston, holly brewer, HUMANWINE, january, jeremy harman, live music, mat mcniss, Nate greenslit, Paul Dilley
12.11.2009
HUMANWINE is coming to Brooklyn, NY
 | December 27, 2009 The Knitting Factory - Brooklyn 361 Metropolitan Ave Brooklyn, New York 11211 [map] w/ Martin Bisi , Larkin Grimm & Extra Life HUMANWINE is on around 10:30p Doors at 7:00p 7:30p showtime ALL AGES / $8 Capacity= 250 Buy Tickets Now |
Labels: Brooklyn, Extra Life, holly brewer, HUMANWINE, Knitting Factory, Larkin Grimm, live music, Martin Bisi, mat mcniss, Nate greenslit, NYC, Paul Dilley
10.17.2009
Mass Exodus the Full Length Album is here
We are happy to announce our new CD through Nervous Relatives Records (the first in two years). Copies of the New Album 'Mass Exodus' are available now. Visit our store.
HUMANWINE's latest full length CD (released 10/08/09 through their own label, Nervous Relatives Records) Mass Exodus is a tall glass of allegorical song stories lifting a few more veils that have been covering their elusive Vinland since 2000; a land filled with riddles, keys, captains, seafarers, makers, breakers, dissenting masses, a drug hazed public, caustic self appointed leaders, a cog turned YerYerOwn called 01, their journey through a forbidden city which reveals important bits of enjoyeur history including an early deal with the terrible Not-Me, the listener is dropped off at the door of the Veil Nil in the form of a cliffhanger poised for a sequel that we won't have to wait 2 more years for. HUMANWINE has been bitten by the recording bug and how sweet the sting!
Mass Exodus reminds us that we are all a stone's throw away from shedding our self-imposed chains and encourages us to question not only how but why we chose them in the first place.
All 14 tracks were either recorded live at shows, a renegade trip late at night to a studio or recorded on HUMANWINE's own Converted School Bus, engineered by Holly Brewer, M@ McNiss, Anthony Froney and Matt Malikowski, HUMANWINE (Brewer/McNiss) produced, mixed and mastered the entire album.
Visit HUMANWINE's online store to purchase Mass Exodus.
Pass this around to anyone who you think would enjoy the work of HUMANWINE. Thank you.
LONG LIVE ART! RAH! RAH!
Labels: Boston, holly brewer, HUMANWINE, live music, live muzik, mass exodus, mat mcniss
6.12.2009
Mass Exodus ep Review
Artist: HUMANWINE
CD: Mass Exodus ep
Label: Nervouse Relatives Records / Self Released
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With a previous EP ("Rivolta Silenziosa") the US wandering HUMANWINE introduced us full-on to their narrative world of Vinland. They matched the metaphor-as-politics (and vice versa) stories with a gutter-circus-folk sound style that was a stunning marriage of simplicity and subtlety. It's sepiachord required listening.
On their full-length follow up, "Fighting Naked", the band continued to explore their Vinlandish themes but the music had more of a "rock" feel. The end result was good, but the band seemed a little uncomfortable in their new skin.
The new EP ("Mass Exodus") finds the band returning to a three song format and returning to more pared down arrangements. The results are arresting.
Of the three pieces found on this CD the last, "Our Devolution is Televised", best continues the work that Vinland fans love. It's political (of course) and features an infectious circus bounce. It could easily have been slipped in as the fourth track on "Rivolta Silenziosa" and held its own against the great songs found there.
The opening piece on this new EP is also overtly political: "1st Amendment". Its "be the media" messsage might come across as a nuts-and-bolts politcal screed... were it not so spare and, well, pretty. It builds and flows nicely showing off the performers individual strengths especially Holly Brewer's remarkable voice. Its a perfect appetizer for the middle piece: "Megan Rose".
"Megan Rose" seems to pre-date the existence of HUMANWINE as a band and features Holly alone, just her voice and a piano. When the song starts you'd be forgiven for thinking that this is merely a ballad of friendship to the title character. It *IS* that, but takes stomach-wrenching turns that are all the more powerful because you don't see them coming. This is the key to tragedy: you don't see it coming. "Megan Rose" is a beautiful, seductive PUNCH IN THE GUT that will make you cough up a bit of blood and still make you want to play it over and over... even if, like me, you found yourself on the verge of tears the first time you heard it. This really is one of those songs that descriptions fail for, you have to sit down and listen to it. And you should.
HUMWINE's DIY aesthetic has never been more clear in their sound ~and~ in the EP's visual presentation. Not only does the look and feel of the packaging clearly place the band in the line of descent from seminal grass-roots political rollickers Crass but HUMANWINE does something other bands never seem to do: give credit where it's due!
Lots of politically charged punk bands have aped the art of Crass, but this is the first time I can think of where credit for inspiration is given to the artist responsible for this distinctive look: Gee Vaucher. Kudos.
Recommended.
HUMANWINE:
http://www.humanwine.org/
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