Marmoset (band)

Marmoset is an American indie rock band based in Indianapolis, Indiana.[1][2] The band was formed in 1995.[3]

Not to be confused with Marmozets.
Marmoset
Marmoset playing at the Melody Inn in 2008
Background information
OriginIndianapolis, Indiana, United States
Genres
Years active1995–2015
Labels
  • Secretly Canadian
  • Joyful Noise Recordings
Members
  • Jorma Whittaker
  • Dave Jablonski
  • Jason Cavan
Past membersLonPaul Ellrich

Marmoset's members are Jorma Whittaker (bass and vocals), Dave Jablonski (guitar and vocals), and Jason Cavan (drums). Frequent contributor and former full-time member LonPaul Ellrich died in 2008.[4] The vinyl repressing of the album Record in Red is dedicated to his memory.[5]

Marmoset has multiple releases on the Secretly Canadian label.[6] In 2009, Marmoset signed to Joyful Noise Recordings.[7]

Critical reception

In a review of Florist Fired, Pitchfork called the band "one of Secretly Canadian's first and finest discoveries."[8] In its 4-star review, AllMusic wrote that Today It's You is "reminiscent of indie-rock in the early 1980s -- touches of the occasionally dark, Velvet Underground-influenced jangle of the Feelies, Mission of Burma, the less cutesy work of the Television Personalities, even the later work of Wire."[9] The Austin Chronicle wrote that "the jarring, twisted sensibilities of Indianapolis' Marmoset embody the best qualities of early Sebadoh, halting time and dissonant guitars building a teetering jungle-gym for Jorma Whitaker's odd, brown-paper-bag vocals."[10] Tiny Mix Tapes panned Tea Torndao, writing that "no display of intellectual gymnastics can redeem a collection of pop songs as joyless as this."[3]

Exclaim! deemed The Record In Red to be one of the best records of 2001.[11] Indianapolis paper NUVO wrote that the band "could be considered local legends."[12]

Discography
  • HiddenForbidden (1997)
  • Today It's You (1999)
  • The Record In Red (2001)
  • Mishawaka (2002)
  • Florist Fired (2007)
  • Tea Tornado (2009)

References
  1. "Marmoset | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  2. "Marmoset, Record in Red". The Indianapolis Star: 15. January 18, 2002.
  3. "Music Review: Marmoset - Tea Tornado". Tiny Mix Tapes.
  4. "Mileposts". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 31, 2008 – via Google Books.
  5. Shoger, Scott. "Marmoset". Nuvo.net. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  6. "Marmoset - Secretly Canadian". Secretlycanadian.com. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  7. "MARMOSET :: JOYFUL NOISE RECORDINGS". Joyfulnoiserecordings.com. 14 May 2012. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  8. "Marmoset: Florist Fired". Pitchfork.
  9. "Today It's You - Marmoset | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  10. "SXSW Picks & Sleepers". www.austinchronicle.com.
  11. "Jorma Whittaker of Marmoset". exclaim.ca.
  12. "Review: Marmoset at Radio Radio". Nuvo. Retrieved 11 November 2020.


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