(via: www.musicsavage.com) This past Saturday — January 25th, 2014 if you’re reading this at some point in the distant future — the world officially received one hell of an album. After a year of build up, The Curtis Mayflower finally let go of “Everything Beautiful is Under Attack” and watched as it spread across a packed room at Beatnik’s in Worcester. I realize “you can’t judge a book by it’s...
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(via www.telegram.com) Perhaps it’s best to start at the end, amid freezing cold hell fire and an unexpected sense of freedom, a razed battlefield of love where everyone ends up paying a price and the Devil inevitably gets his due. This is the note on which local supergroup The Curtis Mayflower ends its new album, “Everything Beautiful is Under Attack,” which the band will be...
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What’s not to like about a band that draws its name from the late, great Curtis Mayfield? These guys do the master proud with a collection of songs that are dark, brooding and full of soul. They’ve been generating quite a bit of buzz and their debut release more than lives up to the hype....
Read MoreBONUS ROUND: (via www.musicsavage.com/2013/12/2013-steves-top-albums-of-the-year/) THE CURTIS MAYFLOWER – EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IS UNDER ATTACK Each year, I’m lucky enough to hear a handful of albums before they actually get released to the public. This album was one of those for me in 2013. And it’s worked it’s way into my daily routine. Anytime you end up singing a song the minute you get out...
Read MoreWritten by Matt Robert · 12/19/2013 Photos: Steven King The January 2014 release of The Curtis Mayflower’s debut CD, “Everything Beautiful Is Under Attack,” will set a high mark early in the year for best CD, one which will undoubtedly raise the stakes by which area bands play. The Curtis Mayflower is the combined result of decades of individual work and commitment and an unlikely scene in an...
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Ryan Doyon at Music Savage got a sneak preview of the new album and here’s what he had to say. via: www.musicsavage.com The good news is that The Curtis Mayflower are putting the finishing touches on their upcoming, Kickstarter-funded, debut album Everything Beautiful is Under Attack. The great news is that the fundraising goal has been met. The even better news is that these hard working...
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THE CURTIS MAYFLOWER Everything Beautiful Is Under Attack via: http://rockandreprise.net/curtismayflower.html I hesitate to use “seventies” anywhere in this review because I am finding that readers have forgotten how to or never learned how to read. When they see such a keyword, they either zone out or stop reading, much as I do whenever I read the word “disco”, unless it relates to ridding the...
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The Kickstarter Project has officially launched! Help with the release of the debut album “Everything Beautiful Is Under Attack” by contributing. Your support is truly appreciated!...
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Great turnout for the The Curtis Mayflower – Beatnik’s – Friday, July 12 show. Started with the new ‘single’ Clockwork Hearts & did a complete set of original rock which had the crowd grooving & dancing & engaged till the last note. Great to see the evolution of a pickup improv band to a well rehearsed tight rock group. Looking forward to the CD release !! Read more and check out...
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Central Mass’ The Curtis Mayflower: Pushing the Limits of Genre by: Jeffrey Starr – Read the article at: www.golocalworcester.com/lifestyle/central-mass-the-curtis-mayflower-pushing-the-limits-of-genre/ Central Mass’ The Curtis Mayflower doesn’t want to get “bummed out” by labeling itself as a member of a specific genre of music, or at least that’s what the...
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The Curtis Mayflower recently completed two live sessions, performing improvised music to be used in the forthcoming film American Mongrel. The performances were captured by sound engineer Paul Dagnello at The Citizen in Worcester MA. Along with the help of [tooltip text=”Morphine, Twinemen”]Dana Colley[/tooltip] joining them on sax, the group created music inspired by the film in...
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The Curtis Mayflower was formed at The Dive Bar Thursday music series. Worcester Magazine wrote this piece on the series ending. Check it out here This end is a beginning; The Curtis Mayflower sets sail as Dive Bar Music Series concludes by Brian Goslow There were times at the Dive Bar last Thursday night when you could close your eyes and imagine you had transcended back in time and dropped...
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