Blue Mundae

On the band’s debut EP, Home Stereo, the acoustic rock quartet refreshingly changes things up, often within the same song. Staying away from the generic song layout, it never sacrifices a strong melody or hook. From the djembe-and-cello laden “Our Minds Think Too Quick” to the more aggressive “Different Chapter” and near Celtic folk of “Raven Inn,” Blue Mundae’s inventiveness is just plain cool. “All of us listen to quite a bit of Radiohead. We’re highly influenced by them, as well as older Incubus music,” says frontman Ben Lubberts, Blue Mundae’s main songwriter. “I guess, because of those influences, the whole song ties together with a common theme, but you wouldn’t guess that all the parts were from the same song.” Produced by Warne Livesey (Midnight Oil, Matthew Good) who just relocated to Blue Mundae’s hometown of Victoria, British Columbia, the bedtracks were recorded at Vancouver’s Mushroom Studio and the overdubs at Zero Gravity in Victoria. The first single, “What’s The Use,” is the only song on the EP cut at Warne’s home studio. “The song is about the belief that there’s an underlying truth and an underlying obvious... more...