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

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'):

Minchia - 2OO8

Recorded by Minchia on a bunch of different days in February of 2008. All songs by Minchia, except "Bad Dream" by Dick Domane. Recorded at Kempwood in Cary NC.  Cover borrowed from the Open Up Your Heart LP (Various Artists).

Alex Chassanoff- Bass, guitar, vocals

Matt DeBellis - Guitar, vocals, bass, keyboard

Minchia - Love 1010

This is how Minchia sort of sounded circa fall 2007

All songs by Minchia 2007

Alexandra Chassanoff - Bass, guitar, vocals

Matt DeBellis - Guitar, bass, vocals, drums

Wesley Wolfe - Drums, guitar

Matthew Burchett - Guitar

Recorded July - November 2007 at Minchia Headquarters in Chapel Hill NC.

Minchia - A Day In The Life Of Minchia

This is how Minchia sounded circa summer 2007.

All songs by Minchia 2007:

Matthew Burchett - Guitar, vocals

Alex Chassanoff- Bass, guitar, vocals

Matt DeBellis - Guitar, vocals, bass, drums

Dan Holmes - Drums

Recorded on the Samsung YP-T9J MP3 Player on May 26, 2007 at Track and Field Studios in Carrboro, NC.  Remixed, cut up, sampled, and looped on May 27, 2007.