The Other Merry Monsters are happy to introduce their 5th studio LP, Pretty Arty. Furthering their exploration of meta-modern Mario Pop, the musicians once again demonstrate that a song is too long only if it's too long. Indeed, the poison is in the dose. Sola dosis facit venenum. As an aside, the band is desperate to present I Cannot Do What Daryl Hall Can Do. First off, Captain Sarsaparilla, impresario to the Other Merry Monsters, shares a...
This live improvisation is a marker of what became known as "MarioPop," a post-apocalyptic genre of music that captures a singular trip through OMMWorld. According to notes left alongside this recently unearthed video, the term "MarioPop" was first coined by Burt Sugarman in 2057: "As Mario traveled through varying levels of reality, engaging with an otherworldly array of characters in MarioWorld, so too does the listener of...
<a href="https://othermerrymonsters.bandcamp.com/album/whatever-delights-you">Whatever Delights You by Other Merry Monsters</a> The Other Merry Monsters today delivered their fourth full-length LP ‘Whatever Delights You.’ Following the release of Fun On The Horizon one week ago, and Dismal Gizmo the week prior, Whatever Delights You triples down on psychedelic pop mania, organs, Nipsy Russel AND Phyllis...
Fun On The Horizon by Other Merry Monsters The Other Merry Monsters today announced the release of their third full-length LP "Fun On The Horizon." Following the release of 'Dismal Gizmo' one week ago, 'Fun On The Horizon' doubles down on metamodern psychedelic pop, organs, Godzilla, thunderbolt and lightening, Thurston Howell and Thurston Moore, lies you know to be true, poetic semantics and, of course, gaiety in every form. Bandcamp for now....
The Other Merry Monster's would like to present their sophomore release "Dismal Gizmo," now available at Bandcamp. Gizmo enjoys topics such as guns, Billie Eilish and The Beatles, gardens of candy and the peachy question of Harvey Korman vs. Harvey Keitel. Other streaming services soon. Vinyl someday. Dismal Gizmo by Other Merry Monsters Dismal Gizmo was recorded in 2022 at Cleophone Studios, Saint Paul, MN. All songs written, performed* and...
Celebrating the release of DISMAL GIZMO, the first of three full-length LPs this month, please enjoy Other Merry Monsters's "People Killing People."
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Someone once said to me in reference to my music: “I think you court disapproval.” This is fake news. A witch hunt. A hoax. I just take risks. I often fail and I lack the humility to keep my failures to myself. And, yes, my tastes are peculiar. Regardless, at the risk of courting your disapproval, I’m sharing a 13-minute-long symphonic poem called SONIC ELEGY 2020. Sounds pretentious and interminably long, I know. (Enter:...