I got word yesterday that Made Out of Babies had broken up. I was BUMMED. Major league bummed. I've been down with the Babies (ha..love typing that) since their 2005 debut album Trophy. They've been one of my favorite bands ever since. Hailing from NYC, they didn't make it out to the West Coast very often but I was lucky enough to catch them live in 2009 (w/ Intronaut & Kylesa....was an awesome show!) This really shouldn't have been such a shock, the band hadn't released any new material in four years and their frontwoman Julie Christmas officially launched her solo career in 2010. Maybe it's because I've never stopped listening to their three full length albums over the years that the band has always felt very much alive to me.
Crazy name aside, I really thought Made Out Of Babies could have been big. They wrote some rockin' songs and had one hell of vocalist & frontwoman. Their music was heavy enough to sway metal heads (like myself) but artsy enough for indie/hipster kids as well. Julie's voice is out of this world. Think Linda Blair from The Exorcist meets Bjork, crossed with a schizophrenic school girl...on drugs. She's gone solo now and has lent her vocals to a number of other projects but nothing has wowed me as much as the chemistry between Julie and her Made Out of Babies band mates. Sucks they never received the success/accolades they deserved.
I've selected three songs, one from each of their albums, for your listening pleasure. Hope you dig their sound. I know I have.
That was almost haunting really, the music that is. It's quite a shame that they weren't together for very long, but at least they got three albums out.
So.. I'll check back for this, which album should I start at? Which is the most solid, I'll work myself around their music from there. Those 3 songs were awesome, so I kinda don'tt know which direction to head in yet.
Sorry to hear one of your favourite bands split up mate, they actually sound pretty good to me as well even!
ReplyDeleteThat was almost haunting really, the music that is. It's quite a shame that they weren't together for very long, but at least they got three albums out.
ReplyDeleteSometimes people just have to go their seperate ways, sucks though when a good band breaks up. Not bad music at all either.
ReplyDeleteDude, I'd be pretty bummed too... :(
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of them before. Sucks that they broke up. :-/
ReplyDeletenever even heard of em. and they sound alrite.
ReplyDeletesuch a shame
ReplyDeleteSo.. I'll check back for this, which album should I start at? Which is the most solid, I'll work myself around their music from there. Those 3 songs were awesome, so I kinda don'tt know which direction to head in yet.
ReplyDeleteIts always sad to see great bands break up
ReplyDeleteThe title was misleading haha, I didn't know that was a band.
ReplyDeleteNever head of them until now. At least I have nothing to be sad about.
ReplyDeletezooey deschanel w/out bangs? i hear some deftones in their music
ReplyDeleteI don't know anything about music so I have either never heard of them or have heard their songs and didn't know it was them.
ReplyDeletethe weather was beautiful and the last thing from oprah.
ReplyDeleteI didn't even know these guys existed until now, derp.
ReplyDeleteAt least we have their zombies.
ReplyDeleteThe Guys from Made Out Of Babies have Started a New Band called Bad Powers Check out there new single "New Bruises" here http://ter.ly/RRPV5G
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