Ugly Casanova

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Ugly Casanova
Origin
John Orth
Brian Deck

Steve Dukage
John Atkins
Tyler Reilly

Ugly Casanova was an American

band signed to Sub Pop Records. The band has released one album, Sharpen Your Teeth
.

Career

According to the Ugly Casanova website, in 1998 a man named Edgar E. Graham, a.k.a. "Ugly Casanova", impressed himself upon the band

Denver, Colorado. After some prodding, he shared his work with the band and began performing it early before shows while some people were milling around. Upon completing these performances, he retreated quickly with a look of anger and shame. After a time, a few small recordings were created, after which Edgar vanished. Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse later recorded his songs in hopes that Graham would resurface in the music scene.[1]

Brock has since revealed that Edgar Graham was "a fiction thing that [Brock] started awhile back to eliminate [himself] from the band," to escape having to do interviews.[2] Two pieces of evidence exist that suggest that the story was false: Modest Mouse's 1997 EP The Fruit That Ate Itself was credited to having been under the production company Ugly Casanova, which suggested it was a name Brock made up to retain creative control and publishing rights to his music while under a major label. Secondly, "Ugly Casanova" was the title of a song Brock wrote around 1993.

The band lineup as of the 180° South: Conquerors of the Useless soundtrack consists of Brock,

John Orth (Holopaw), and Brian Deck (Red Red Meat
).

Compared with Modest Mouse's music, Ugly Casanova's music is distinguished by its more stripped-down sound. The lack of overdubbed vocals on some of the tracks is particularly significant: Brock is known for having a slight lisp which he is very uncomfortable with [citation needed] and has often covered up on Modest Mouse recordings via double tracking and distortion. Ugly Casanova mixes indie rock with hints of country and folk, ranging from acoustic ballads ("Hotcha Girls") to more bizarre with piercing vocals ("Diamonds on the Face of Evil").[1]

Two tracks released by Ugly Casanova, "Baby's Clean Conscience" and "Parasites", appear earlier as unreleased demos of

764-Hero
.

Rumors of new Ugly Casanova material came and went, but no substantial news regarding the band surfaced until it was announced that Ugly Casanova would contribute to the soundtrack for the 2010 documentary 180 Degrees South: Conquerors of the Useless. The soundtrack featured eight new Ugly Casanova songs as well as a redone version of "Hotcha Girls" from Sharpen Your Teeth.[4]

Discography

Studio albums

  • Sub Pop Records
    , 2002)

Other releases

  • "Magic Eye Single No. 4: White" (Magic Eye Records, 1997)
  • "Diggin Holes" b/w "Babys Clean Conscience" (
    Sub Pop Records
    , 2002)
  • "180 Degrees South: Conquerors of the Useless Soundtrack" (Republic Records, 2010)

References

  1. ^ a b "Sharpen Your Teeth Album Review, Songs, Ratings". Starpulse.com. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
  2. ^ "Who is Edgar Graham?". Retrieved April 5, 2007.
  3. ^ "Modest Mouse". The-collective.net. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
  4. ^ "Isaac Brock, James Mercer Contribute Music to Documentary Soundtrack | News". Pitchfork. 2010-04-21. Retrieved 2012-04-02.

External links

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