Genre: Experimental, Post-Punk, Indie Rock, Shoegaze
Year: 2009
Location: Cleveland, OH
Label: Exit Stencil Recordings
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01. Gravity
02. Repeat It
03. French Rocking Horse
04. The Spark Is Sweet
05. Reprise It
06. Morning’s Call
07. Swimming
08. Middle of a Field
09. Strange Town
10. Free Fall
Much like a newspaper and political candidate, The Noise Is throws their full support behind Cleveland’s Mystery Of Two. I had heard much about them over the internet waves, but I had never heard their music before. So I made a trip to the record store and picked up their self-titled LP without hearing any of their music. I made an excellent call. When I first started listening to them, I wrote on my personal twitter, “Mystery Of Two sounds like a mix of Devo and Sonic Youth. I’m really liking it. Good job Exit Stencil.” They get thrown under the experimental genre, which really doesn’t make sense except for one thing, Ryan Weitzel’s voice. He throws his dramatic baritone over post-punky rhythms, along with charging shoegaze breakdowns. So more story time, a few hours before my radio show at school, my co-host bailed one me. I had enough music to make up for his absence, but I wanted to have something special in the show. So the first thing that popped into my mind was an on-air interview, and the first band I thought of was my newly-discovered trio, Mystery Of Two. So I got a hold of Ryan, and he agreed to the interview. Long story short, the interview went incredibly well, and I could not have been happier. Mystery Of Two are one of the seven bands playing the pre-Christmas holiday show at Beachland. Just one more reason to get away from your family and see some great music! Pick up this record from Cleveland’s own Exit Stencil Recordings.
