The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band
A photo of a green snake wrapped around a candelabra held by a woman
One of two covers to the album: the other features four nude women with snakes wrapped around them, posed around a piano
Studio album by
Menahan Street Band
ReleasedFebruary 26, 2021 (2021-02-26)
Studio
  • The Diamond Mine, Long Island City, New York, US
  • The Sound Factory, Hollywood, California, US
Genre
Length37:50
LabelDunham
ProducerTommy "TNT" Brenneck
Menahan Street Band chronology
The Crossing
(2012)		 The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band
(2021)

The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band is the third full-length studio album by American rhythm and blues group Menahan Street Band.

Reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Mark Deming writing the "music frequently plays like a collection of soundtrack pieces to forgotten movies and television shows of the '70s" and "the vintage-style compositions, arrangements, and production are almost spooky in their accuracy".[1] In Spill Magazine, Gerrod Harris gave this album a 4 out of 5, calling it "a sound that could set the tone and atmosphere of a Tarantino film" that has "a complete vibe that while founded on nostalgia and reminiscing for the past, is driven by excellent musicianship and strong songwriting".[2] In a 7 out of 10 review for Under the Radar, Mark Moody called The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band "a cohesive listen" while criticizing some tracks as weaker than others.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Midnight Morning" (Thomas Brenneck, Dave Guy, Leon Michels, and Homer Steinweiss) – 2:57
  2. "Rainy Day Lady" (Brenneck, Guy, Michels, and Steinweiss) – 3:18
  3. "The Starchaser" (Brenneck, Guy, Michels, Nick Movshon, and Steinweiss) – 2:48
  4. "Silkworm" (Brenneck, Guy, Michels, Movshon, and Steinweiss) – 3:17
  5. "Cabin Fever" (Brenneck, Guy, Michels, Movshon, and Steinweiss) – 2:37
  6. "Rising Dawn" (Brenneck, Guy, Michels, and Steinweiss) – 2:15
  7. "Glovebox Pistol" (Brenneck, Guy, Michels, and Steinweiss) – 1:08
  8. "Queens Highway" (Brenneck, Guy, Michels, Movshon, and Steinweiss) – 1:07
  9. "Snow Day" (Brenneck, Guy, Michels, Movshon, and Steinweiss) – 4:00
  10. "Parlor Trick" (Brenneck, Daniel Foder, Guy, Michels, and Brian Profilio) – 1:36
  11. "The Duke" (Brenneck, Adam Feeney, Guy, Michels, Movshon, and Steinweiss) – 2:46
  12. "Stepping Through Shadow"(Brenneck) – 2:01
  13. "Devil’s Respite"(Brenneck, Guy, Michels, and Steinweiss) – 3:51
  14. "There Was a Man"(Brenneck, Guy, Michels, Movshon, and Steinweiss) – 4:09

Personnel

Menahen Street Band

Additional personnel

  • Mike Deller – Farfisa organ on "The Duke"
  • Daniel Foder – bass guitar on "Parlor Trick"
  • Daniel Gneiding – lettering
  • JJ Golden – mastering
  • Simon Guzman – tape operation
  • Jens Jungkurth – engineering
  • Todd Malconfone – engineering
  • Bosco Mann – bass guitar on "Midnight Morning"
  • Ray Mason – trombone on "The Duke"
  • Ariana Papademetropoulos – art direction, photography
  • Brian Profilio – drums on "Parlor Trick"
  • Elizabeth Pupo-Walker – congas on "The Starchaser"
  • Ray Mason – trombone
  • Gabriel Roth – mixing, executive production
  • Neal Sugarman – executive production

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Deming, Mark (n.d.). "Menahan Street Band – The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  2. ↑ Harris, Gerrod (February 27, 2021). "Menahan Street Band: The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band". Spill Magazine. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  3. ↑ Moody, Mark (March 5, 2021). "Menahan Street Band: The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band". Music. Under the Radar. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
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