Mekhlin - Crossover? maybe other art rock genre - Progressive Rock Music Forum

We received a request to evaluate the band Mekhlin for possible inclusion on PA. They are a band from Denmark with a female lead singer. The songs on MySpace are actually quite good. If they are progressive, I am not sure which category they might fall under. I'm thinking possibly one of the three categories that were spun off from Art Rock. I think that Micky might enjoy it so he should probably give a listen for Crossover and then forward to the appropriate team if not crossover. Of course, he might have to slip Pat Benatar in at the same time as a compromise on the party ticket.

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My band, Mekhlin, and I just finished our first EP, Manuscript. Therefore we would like to ask you if it is possible to have our band added to nyour archive, or you or some other people would do a review of our music? We have been inspired by many bands from your site, so we found it suitable to write this request to you :o)

We define ourselves as a progressive rock band consisting of four people. Our genre would be something between progressive, alternative, indie, and post rock with a touch of other genres as for example blues. We have put much effort into making our music sound easy to the ear without the "virtousity" of many prog bands. Still underneath the easy surface we have tried to retain many of the progressive elements, such as lots of changing time signatures, tone material etc. This way we think we have made almost pop songs but with the quality that you can go a lot deeper into them and interpret and analyze them on many levels.
We are characterized by raw and spacious guitar sounds, a lot of changing time signatures, deep bluesy bass and sometimes absurd but heartfelt lyrics sung from the imploring voice of our singer. We are inspired by bands like Radiohead, The Mars Volta, Portishead, Fiona Apple, P.J. Harvey, Yes, Muse, Sugar Cubes, Sigur Rós og Interpol but we sound like Mekhlin.

You can listen to all the music for free on MySpace, Facebook, Purevolume etc, which you'll find links for on our (not yet finished) website www.mekhlin.com.

If you'd prefer we'd be happy to send you a physical CD as well. Just give us the adress.
We hope very much that you'll like our music and will add us and/or write a nice review on us. :o)

Kind regards
Mekhlin

The links are on their home page, but since I was there, here is their MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/mekhlin

As always, thank you for your time and your consideration of this band.

Scott

Edited by rushfan4 - July 16 2008 at 19:26

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	ooohhhhh...
	The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip

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	hahha.. did someone say Pat Benatar.....
	The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip

rushfan4 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 22 2007 Location: Michigan, U.S. Status: Online Points: 66553	Posted: July 16 2008 at 19:11
	We received a request to evaluate the band Mekhlin for possible inclusion on PA. They are a band from Denmark with a female lead singer. The songs on MySpace are actually quite good. If they are progressive, I am not sure which category they might fall under. I'm thinking possibly one of the three categories that were spun off from Art Rock. I think that Micky might enjoy it so he should probably give a listen for Crossover and then forward to the appropriate team if not crossover. Of course, he might have to slip Pat Benatar in at the same time as a compromise on the party ticket. See below: My band, Mekhlin, and I just finished our first EP, Manuscript. Therefore we would like to ask you if it is possible to have our band added to nyour archive, or you or some other people would do a review of our music? We have been inspired by many bands from your site, so we found it suitable to write this request to you :o) We define ourselves as a progressive rock band consisting of four people. Our genre would be something between progressive, alternative, indie, and post rock with a touch of other genres as for example blues. We have put much effort into making our music sound easy to the ear without the "virtousity" of many prog bands. Still underneath the easy surface we have tried to retain many of the progressive elements, such as lots of changing time signatures, tone material etc. This way we think we have made almost pop songs but with the quality that you can go a lot deeper into them and interpret and analyze them on many levels. We are characterized by raw and spacious guitar sounds, a lot of changing time signatures, deep bluesy bass and sometimes absurd but heartfelt lyrics sung from the imploring voice of our singer. We are inspired by bands like Radiohead, The Mars Volta, Portishead, Fiona Apple, P.J. Harvey, Yes, Muse, Sugar Cubes, Sigur Rós og Interpol but we sound like Mekhlin. You can listen to all the music for free on MySpace, Facebook, Purevolume etc, which you'll find links for on our (not yet finished) website www.mekhlin.com. If you'd prefer we'd be happy to send you a physical CD as well. Just give us the adress. We hope very much that you'll like our music and will add us and/or write a nice review on us. :o) Kind regards Mekhlin The links are on their home page, but since I was there, here is their MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/mekhlin As always, thank you for your time and your consideration of this band. Scott Edited by rushfan4 - July 16 2008 at 19:26