La Fleur Fatale, Honyock, and Mondo Deco: 5/2

Posted in Bows Collective, Live Music on April 26th, 2012

Wednesday May 2nd we will be hosting two awesome local bands–Honyock and Mondo Deco–and a touring band from Sweden, La Fleur Fatale!

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La Fleur Fatale

La Fleur Fatale will be the first band we’ve hosted from Sweden, and one of the few international bands we’ve hosted. They’ve been playing together since 2007, but have known each other since high school. La Fleur Fatale gained a decent amount of attention in Sweden after a track from their debut album, “Night Generation”, was used in the trailer for the launch of a new Swedish TV station. This will be their second US tour and first time in California, and they’re planning to film the tour and create a 60-minute documentary chronicling their “return to their musical roots” (late 60′s psychedelic). The documentary idea is partly in response to the band’s belief that the album format is “dying”. “Other formats are interesting,” said their manager Bjorn Rallare (isn’t that a great Swedish name?)

Bjorn described La Fleur Fatale’s sound as “multilayered, melodic with a psychedelic touch,” and listed their influences as “US west coast bands from the 60′s, 90s Britpop and Swedish indie. A mix of everything really.” The band released their second album, “Silent Revolution,” in 2009, and a digital EP, “Share the Love”, in 2010. Bjorn said they’ll be focusing more on EP releases going forward due to the “death” of the album format.

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Mondo Deco

Local group Mondo Deco was formed in 2009. They were originally heavily influenced by 70′s glam and punk, but their songs tend to fall into more of a “powerpop” category. ”It would be nice to just say rockn’roll and let that be that, but in reality there are dozens of ways that that can be interpreted,” said band member Jeremy. Assigning a specific genre to the band isn’t what’s important to them, though. “We strive to write songs that we’d like to hear, and that crowds can hopefully connect with,” said Jeremy. “Any band should of course feel the need to challenge and push themselves creatively, otherwise they run the risk of getting stale. But because we all come from such different musical backgrounds, and everyone writes for the group, we have plenty of room to grow and develop in new directions.”

Mondo Deco released their debut album, “Pleasurefaith”, last year, and it has been very well received. This year they’ll be promoting the album by touring and performing as much as possible, but they’re planning a couple of single releases and maybe a video. “Then again you never know,” said Jeremy. “If the right financial opportunity presented itself, we’d love to put out another record this year.”

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Honyock

Honyock was started by brothers Spencer and Mason Hoffman, who have been playing music together basically since birth. The band’s name is a nickname their grandfather used to call them. “It’s a term of endearment to all little rascals,” said Spencer. “It symbolizes a lot of things for me. My early childhood, our collectively ‘rebellious’ nature when it comes to musical direction. It also reminds me of my grandpa and his honest-man personality that I hope I inhabit. Oh, and it sounds cool.”

Spencer described Honyock’s style as Rock n’ Roll, but listeners should take that categorization with a grain of salt. “A lot of times we feel like we are the last rock band on earth,” he said. “While we know that isn’t true, I think that’s how a lot of current Rock n’ Rollers feel these days, like the last bastion of it. The term has become so convoluted and misconbabblematized recently, so its hard to really put your finger on what it really means.” He said they’re also influenced by late 70′s new wave, 60′s psychedelic, and Motown music. “We don’t like to put our self in a box that we can’t think outside of,” he said.

Honyock plans to release their first album, a 5 song EP, this summer.

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Show starts at 8

$5 Door Charge

RSVP to the Facebook Event Here.