Mistletone

Artwork by Bjenny Montero

Mistletone is proud to take our turn in the “Released Series” of indie label showcases at Melbourne’s Workers Club on Wednesday, August 17.

Our Released Series lineup features the latest additions to the Mistletone family — Montero, The Orbweavers and Wintercoats (see blurbs below), plus special guest DJ Rose Quartz on major pop jams betwixt bands.

Tickets $10 at the door. Every payer gets a three-pack of Mistletone CDs, and there will be acres of ludicrously discounted Mistletone back catalogue gems on the merch table.

Montero pic by Leah Robertson

Montero is a new project from Melbourne music compadre, comic book and video artiste Bjenny Montero. This soft-rock/slow-wave supergroop features the musical smarts of Guy Blackman (Chapter Music honcho and balladeer), Geoffrey O’Connor (Crayon Fields), Cameron Potts (Ninety Nine, Baseball, Cuba Is Japan), Bobby Fresh Bravington (Cuba Is Japan) and Gerald Wells (The TM Band/Baptism Of Uzi). Montero epics such as Mumbai and Rainman are the schmaltz-prog anthems for tomorrow. Look out for a debut Montero 7″ single in September with cover art by Bjenny and Sonny Smith.

The Orbweavers were formed in 2006 by Marita Dyson & Stuart Flanagan, humming along to the corrugated iron reverb and sewing machine ghosts of Brunswick’s derelict textile mills. They will be interweaving new songs from their forthcoming album Loom into their set for the Released Series; listen close for songs about creeks & quarries, dangerous needlework, basalt foundations, rising tide and greyhounds. Loom will be out on Mistletone before year’s end.

Wintercoats is the solo dream pop project of Melbourne multi-instrumentalist James Wallace. Beginning at the dawn of 2009, Wintercoats began composing various pieces for strings and piano, before expanding the instrumentation and shifting his direction from folk inspired music to dream pop. Opting to play solo, Wallace performs through the live sampling of piano, strings, percussion, and vocals, often drenched with reverb creating the sound of a ethereal, pop inspired orchestra. Mistletone will release Wintercoats’ Sketches EP on 12″ vinyl and digital release on September 30, in collaboration with Cascine in the US and Rallye in Japan.

DJ Rose Quartz (alias Richard MacFarlane) joins us from across the oceans. Rose Quartz: the love stone. It opens the heart chakra to all forms of love, including self-love. Rose Quartz has a gentle vibration of love for the owner and gives inner peace. In the spiritual realms it is often used to attract love, and for love spells. Rose Quartz can also be helpful for dream recall and dream work, and will keep the atmosphere of a room positive.