The first vid from Friend And Foe is just as cheeky as you’d expect from a band that named their first album I Am The Fun Blame Monster!, an anagram of (“The First Menomena Album!”), but credit director Lance Bangs for resisting the impulse to cloak the tune’s progressive arrangements in something more arty. The Grim Reaper barges in on band practice, and the Portland trio proceeds to do all the things they’ve ever wanted to before submitting to his scythe. This includes revealing their dying wishes, playing with yo-yos while skateboarding on trampolines, and confessing their darkest ambitions.

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Free Music from Menomena’s Danny Seim
Menomena’s Danny Seim undertook the Twenty Song Challenge: to record 20 songs in 12 hours. You can hear his results for free at the Menomena website. While his ultimate recording is more 20 fragments of songs that have been combined into one grand 30 ...
Lost Lander
Matt Sheehy and Brent Knopf (a former member of Menomena) have experience working together on Knopf’s solo project Ramona Falls. Plus, Sheehy is a professional forester, so he knows a thing or two about majestic lonesomeness. So it makes sense that ...
Comments (5)
  1. awesome

  2. i love this band. seriously, this is amazing.

  3. Great band!

    I have a Menomena CD giveaway if you’re interested.

  4. good to see this finally got finished.

    go Lance!

  5. kyle  |   Posted on Mar 11th, 2007

    amazing

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