Friday, June 19, 2009
Sweet acoustics: Mouthful of Bees

When brother/sister duo Chris and Kate Farstad asked friends Micky Alfano and Mark Ritsema to join them in musical harmonic formation, jaded observers in the already-crowded Minneapolis indie rock scene were quick to skepticism.

The six-piece group's first album, "The End," received hype from the likes of City Pages and The Star Tribune. Their newer material is some of the best from 2009 to date. Mouthful of Bees create emotional modern folk music that is just beautifully arranged even if unhinged at times. There music gets better with every listen.

Do you have any rituals before or while playing music?

Katelyn: [Making music] is a ritual in itself.

Patrick: Does tuning up count?

Chris: Actually, yes! We make sure to have a guy in the same room playing World of Warcraft the entire time. He's a female Dark Elf Death Knight.
Listen:

Mouthful of Bees - "Thomas Aquinas"

Enjoy!

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