Mordecai are a group of noisey kids from the swampy slums of Butte, MT. Led by the brothers Holt and their good mate Gavin, these kids make the noisey punk music that you always wanted to. They seem to know what they're doing and have the musical knowledge to back their shit up. They cite the Electric Eels, Gang of Four, Iggy, VU, Vertical Slit, and a bunch of other bands you never heard of as their influences. Older brother Elijah slaps the bass (even though he's missing an E string) while younger brother Holt makes the scrawling scree of scuzzy and swirling guitar noises that lays on top and beneath the distorted spits of lyrics.
I recently interviewed Elijah for issue #29 of local Brisbane zine Negative Guest List . Since that issue is now used to wipe up shit when you run out of toilet paper and #30 is well and truly upon us, you can read the interview over here.
The band also has an epic debut LP out over on Killertree Records, so if you dig this at all, just imagine how good something that was actually properly recorded would sound...
Also check out their Myspace here
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