Photos: Larry Mills
Portland’s Menomena generate a sound comparable to what a normal ten-piece band would sound like, yet manage to trim it down to a mere three. Each member uses a different variation of limbs to provide this texture (excluding the two-armed beast, Danny Seim, manning [or manhandling] the drums). The shared singing duties are nothing compared to the octopusal juggle that Brent Knopf performs with two guitars, a keyboard, and glockenspiel, or the rhythm-pouring-from-his-fingers (and mouth) control that Justin Harris provides to his quartet of baritone sax, bass, guitar, and floor organ (I think).
Left to right: Knopf, Harris, and Seim in action.
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