Abunai!
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Brendan Quinn
Bandname
Abunai!
Land
US / Brighton, Mass.
Musikstil
Neo Psych • Space Rock • Acid Rock
Homepage
Myspace
Kontakt
Dan Parmenter
Brendan Quinn
Kris Thompson
Joe Turner
 2 Reviews / 13 Links
Abunai quits!
We are all sorry about this, but when it's gone it's over. Otherwise there will be a continuation with the members. So watch out for future releases:
- Brendan has a folk project called Giants Dance that he'd started a few years ago.
- Brendan had also started a side project called The Squall while Abunai! was still together. Joe filled in on drums at first, and has now stayed on with them.
- I'am (Kris) planning a recording project based on some sessions that Bobb Trimble and Abunai! had begun together under the name Flyin' Lion.
- There may still be some combination of Abunai! members getting together
again (besides The Squall); we'll have to wait and see. alie

Personal Myspace Pages
Dan Parmenter
Brendan Quinn
Kris Thompson
Joe Turner  Betti

AMG All Music Guide Abunai! entry
Boston Phoenix interview, August 12, 1999
Camera Obscura bio from their label
DREAM Magazine #2 interview (March 2002)
Dusted Magazine Kris' fave records (in 2nd half of page)
iLike Abunai! page
Last.fm Abunai! artist page
MAGNET article, issue #40, June/July 1999
Parasol Records Abunai! catalog page
Stuff@night article, Nov. 21, 2000
Trouser Press Music Guide entry
versolafine Abunai! at versolafine.it
VH1.com Abunai! entry
Records:
Two Brothers
Record ID: 1659
Label
Camera Lucida
Erschienen
2003
Zeit (Minuten)
26
Tracks
3
Format
No CD • 12''
Musikstil
Psychedelic • Space Rock
Bemerkung
Limited Ed. of 350
 1 Review / 8 Links
Ich bin wirklich erstaunt, dass man diese EP überhaupt noch kaufen kann. Nicht zögern, allein die 15 minütige Rückseite ist ein absolutes psychedelisches Highlight. "... takes the listener on a trip to the deepest and most star filled reaches of space...", "Truly beautiful and totally trippy." schreibt Aural Innovations und ich kann dem nichts mehr zufügen als den guten Rat: SOFORT KAUFEN!!!!! Betti

AMG All Music Guide info page
Aural Innovations review, issue #23, April 2003
Camera Obscura promo page
Dusted Magazine review
fakejazz.com review, June 6, 2003
Insound ordering site
Parasol ordering page
saki (CTD, Ltd) order page
 Online shops
This mini LP contains the final recordings of Boston's folk-meets-space-rock ensemble. 3 extended, fine tracks that are a rich blend of folk, psych, prog & kraut. Limited edition of 300. Buy record at ( MLP 13.00 EUR) Greatest Hits Mailorder (D) ändern  

Round-Wound
Record ID: 661
Label
Camera Obscura
Erschienen
2000
Zeit (Minuten)
80
Tracks
21
Format
CD • No Vinyl
Musikstil
Space Rock
 1 Review / 17 Links
Abunai wollten wohl auch mal was anderes machen. Auf dieser Platte sind instrumentale Spacerock Improvisationen und Jam Sessions zu hören, die die Band im Laufe der letzten Jahre aufgenommen und nun neu gemixt hat. Die Platte erinnert stark an ihre Life-Auftritte. Betti

Alternative Press review, April 2001 issue
AMG All Music Guide review
Aural Innovations review
Boston Globe review, December 12, 2000
Boston's Weekly Dig review, Jan 17, 2001
Camera Obscura promo page
DEAD ANGEL #44 review, Jan 2001
fakejazz.com review, February 9, 2001
Insound ordering page
MAGNET #48 review, Jan/Feb 2001
Parasol Records ordering page
Phoenix New Times review by Fred Mills, Feb. 8, 2001
Ptolemaic Terrascope #30 review, June 2001
saki (CTD, Ltd) order page
Stuff@night article on band/album, Nov. 21, 2000
The Noise, #207 review, Dec 2000
VH1.com audio clips from the album
 Online shops
For their 3rd full length Boston psych rockers took many hours of instrumental improv tapes to weave a seamless collage out of them. Thus they created a sound that is similar to psychedelic Krautrock improvisation ca. 1970. Buy record at ( CD currently not in stock ) Greatest Hits Mailorder (D) ändern  

Deep Mu Flux +2
Record ID: 1136
Label
Camera Obscura
Erschienen
2000
Tracks
3
Format
CD ? • 10''
Musikstil
Space Rock
Bemerkung
instr. improvisations
 4 Links
AMG All Music Guide info page
Aural Innovations review, issue #14, Jan. 2001
Camera Obscura promo page
Ptolemaic Terrascope #30 review, June 2001
The Mystic River Sound
Record ID: 12
Label
Camera Obscura
Erschienen
1999
Zeit (Minuten)
50
Tracks
11
Format
CD • LP
Musikstil
Neo Psych • Space Rock • Acid Rock
 1 Review / 12 Links
Abunai haben nicht die viel zitierte Schwierigkeit einer guten Debüt CD eine gleichwertige oder noch bessere folgen zu lassen. Hürde glatt genommen. Diese CD klingt Locker und unverkrampft. Sie hat etwas Folkpsychedelia, durchgängig hervoragende Gitarrenarbeit, die bei manchen Stücken in einen Wall of Sound übergeht. Manchmal klingen die Byrds oder Krautrock durch.

Einen versteckten MP3 Track kann man auch entdecken. Wer die Erste mochte, wird die neue auch kaufen müssen. Mario

The second outing from Bostonian quartet Abunai! should have
been reviewed in the last Broken Face issue if it hadn't been for anaccidental lack of internal communications. "Oh, I thought you did thatone" was the simultaneous comment from two different parts of the world.So please excuse us for the delay in putting "The Mystic River Sound"under the microscope for further examination. To get an idea whereAbunai!'s supersonic route of neo-psychedelia is going you could saythey are to the Byrds and Fairport Convention what the Spacemen 3 wereto the Stooges and MC5, which means they're space rock, but the songsare often based on British folk or old psych pop styles. Like theirshimmering take on Brit-folk traditional "Barbara Allen" with swirlingand groaning keyboard sounds from Kris full review Broken Face

AMG All Music Guide review
Aural Innovations has done a long review.
Boston Globe review, August 19, 1999
Boston Phoenix 'MRS' top 10 in '99
Boston Phoenix Brett Milano's article on the album
Broken Face review, issue #9
Camera Obscura promo page
DEAD ANGEL #38 review, Sep 1999
MAGNET issue #40, June/July 1999
Rolling Stone review, issue #825, November 11, 1999
Space City Rock review
VH1.com audio clips from the album

 Online shops
Boston foursome's fine 2nd longplayer extends their Krautrock/noise folk/space pop mix through an ability of realized songwriting. "Mystic river sound" ranges from melodic spacefolk with subtle noises ("Barbara Allen", "Sweet William", traditionals also done by Fairport Convention) to jangly swirling rock sounds and lysergic improvisations, influenced by the 60's Paisley Underground, neo psychedelia and British Creation label style pop sounds. For some songs imagine a Rain Parade/Wayne Rogers cooperation. Buy record at ( CD currently not in stock ) Greatest Hits Mailorder (D) ändern  

Universal Mind Decoder
Record ID: 27
Label
Camera Obscura
Erschienen
1997
Zeit (Minuten)
56
Tracks
10
Format
CD • No Vinyl
Musikstil
Psychedelic • Space Rock • Acid Rock
Bemerkung
Digipack aus extra dicker Pappe
 1 Review / 4 Links
from The Wire (UK), issue #167, Jan. 1998:
Soundcheck: In Brief: Out Rock:
"Abunai! (Japanese for 'look out!', apparently) offset their whirling guitar maelstrom with folk rock elements (including a fine cover of Richard Thompson's "Calvary Cross") and acoustic lyricism. At times they recall the hallucinatory quality of Fairport Convention's groundbreaking "A Sailor's Life", and also throw in an extract of "Maggot Brain" for good measure." (Tom Ridge)
[reviewed with The Crystallized Movements' 'Mind Disaster' and Primordial Undermind's 'You And Me And The Continuum'] optikalsounden

Alternative Press #117 review, Apr 1998
AMG All Music Guide review & sound clips
Camera Obscura promo page
MAGNET #32 review, Jan/Feb 1998
 Online shops
Boston 4-piece. 90's psych: everything from space rock jams to densely textured collisions between folk lyricism and acid-fried guitar squail. Buy record at ( CD currently not in stock ) Greatest Hits Mailorder (D) ändern  


 

 
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