Caruso - In Durham!

Recordings and Remixes from Beech Lake (Durham), and some from Minchia Headquarters (Chapel Hill). Recorded 2008 - 2009. Features the return of the 4-track cassette recorder!

Cover artwork: "Creciendo" by ludoalex.   "Mountain High" was written by Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, and Phil Spector and inspired by The Easybeats, "I Know You Will" borrows from Nazz, and "Save The Birds" was written by His Name Is Alive.

Minchia - Minchrospective

A collection of live, rehearsal, and demo tracks, plus photos from 2006-2009.

released September 10, 2009

Alex - Bass/Vocals; guitar on 8

Dan - Drums on 10

Daniel - Drums on 8

Josiah - Drums on 1, 2, 3, 5, 7

Julie - Keyboard/Vocals on 5

Noah - Guitar on 1, 3, 5, 7

Matt Bee - Guitar/Vocals on 4, 6, 10

Matt Dee - Guitar/Vocals; bass on 8

Fri Sep 25 2009

Night Light (as Caruso)

Chapel Hill, NC

With Hands and Knees and Angela Diveglia

Thu Jul 17 2008

Reservoir

Chapel Hill, NC

With Sic Alps and Jokes & Jokes & Jokes

Thu Nov 15 2007

Duke Coffeehouse

Durham, NC

With David Kilgour and Euros Childs

Thu Oct 18 2007

Night Light

Chapel Hill, NC

With Soft Company and Coffinberry

Wed Aug 29 2007

The Cave

Chapel Hill, NC

With Whistle Jacket

Thu Aug 9 2007

Night Light

Chapel Hill, NC

With The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Americans in France, and ZNTH

  

Sun Jul 8 2007

The Cave

Chapel Hill, NC

With Impossible Hair and Hands And Knees

Sat Jun 30 2007

Bull City Headquarters

Durham, NC

With Le Weekend and Mahasamatman

Caruso - A Day In The Life Of Caruso

Bright and poppy tunes showcasing the oft-neglected "3 H's" of Rock-n-Roll: harmony, hiss, and harpsichord! Inspired by all things beachy.  "Always & Forever" originally by Heatwave.

Caruso - Hidden Tracks!

A collection of "hidden tracks" intended to be tacked on at the end of the Boy Noises LP. A concept about a concept. Recorded mostly by The Matts at Beech Lake in Durham NC, January and February 2009. "Flourescent Hearts" borrows from We The People.  Artwork above by Matt B. 

Videos recorded by Matt and Matt in Feb or Mar or 2009 (includes some music from 'Boy Noises'):

(Alternate artwork, below)

Minchia - Boy Noises

Synopsis:

punk roots

electric rock instrumentation

a subtle use of vocal harmony

twangy guitars

an emotional male lead vocal performance

prominent drums

romantic lyrics

electric guitar wall-o-sound

Music mixed and recorded in August-December 2008 by Wesley Wolfe, in Carrboro NC.  This was originally conceived under the name 'Minchia',  then to 'Caruso', and switched back to the name 'Minchia'.

Available to hold as a cassette (white print on red cassette) and to hear at https://minchia.bandcamp.com

OG artwork from 2008:

Videos recorded Feb or Mar 2009 by Matt and Matt (includes some music from 'Hidden Tracks'):