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MT WARNING
Genre: Indie, Rock
Region: North Coast, NSW
Members: Mikey Bee - guitar vox, Tori Lee - lead cymbal vox, Brock Fitzgerald - drums, Aleesha Dibbs - keys vox, Matt Sonic - bass
Sounds Like: Spike Jonze, Shakespeare, Hemingway
Influences: Sigur Ros, Broken Bells , the national
Artist Website: facebook.com/mtwarningmusic

https://vimeo.com/55485196

When Mikey Bee was playing a solo show in Australia, film-maker Taylor Steele happened to be in the audience and was intrigued by the performance. The film-maker approached the musician with a question, "how would a song sound from a man sinking into the ocean?". The musician answered with a song washed with anticipation, determined lyrics, and denial. The filmmaker next showed the musician footage taken of people all over the world just before the sun rose one day, and asked to hear what that would sound like...A discovery of new music was explored. Together they pushed the idea of a song telling a unique story while being part of a visual story played out over an album. A journey from one side of the day to the other, as much as from one side of life to the end.

Mikey would piece together the compositions during late night sessions in the studio. He'd put the songs together by jumping around the room from guitar, to piano, to drums, to bass. And by sunrise each day, Taylor would have something to make new notes on. He would check that all music, lyric and tempo were still telling the story each song was supposed to; from the feelings of big dreams in youth to the realisations and heartbreaks of old age, and all the emotions in between.

The outcome is an exchange of ideas which became the foundation of a sound true to it's representations. A recording of the interactions between us & what lies just beyond, utilizing music as the medium. Once the songs were locked in and they were happy with the tale they had created, Mikey went about assembling a vagabond crew of players to translate them live. Each sound becoming a narrator, the player a character, all there to enhance the stories.

Burn Again, the first song to leak out, finds us in the middle of the life journey, after the innocence of youth to confronting the hard truth that life can be overwhelming when there is still so far to go.

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Burn Again
rating:  3/5
I'm not totally won over by the song, but I love the way it sounds. It creates a really great mood and hopefully this'll all be channelled into great...
triplej



Burn Again
rating:  3/5
The National does come to mind a little. But what I like most about this track is the mix of starkness, then chaos in the instrumentation. It's not a...
triplej



Burn Again
rating:  4/5
Got me from the first few notes. Unique sound, thoughtful lyrics. I'll be listening out for more of MT's stuff




Burn Again
rating:  5/5
This song doesn't do the band justice. I was so privileged to see and hear these guys jamming at La Casa Artist Residency at Byron recently and they'...
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