father you see queen - 47 (cd box)

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Damn, what a great surprise this one is. Father You See Queen is a new project from Makr (Mark McGee) and Mona (Nicole Tollefson) of To Kill a Petty Bourgeosie and this EP makes a heavy impact in a shade under 30 minutes. Makr's disparate electronic compositions are sonically rich and challenging. Opener, "Ocean," is cold and thick and drips out of your speakers like molasses. Overdriven bass rhythms get at your core while Mona's voice rises above the morass on dusty wings. This dichotomy plays out throughout "47" and it's what really sets these songs apart. Even when Nick Ryan joins in on guitar, it's all still so raw. Guitar shards reverberate out from the minimal beginnings of "Teratoma" growling louder and louder as infinite layers of Mona's vocals build into a staggering peak. It's chaotic in the best way. The centerpiece of "47," though, is the sprawling "Don't Be Mad at Me." At nine minutes, it's the EP's longest song and the one that leaves the longest impression. Simply, it's stunning. I get vague, futuristic Fleetwood vibes from the beginning (high praise), but with a heavy dose of downer electronics thrown in for good measure. By the time it gets crunchy midway through, we are rolling. Mona's circular vocal melodies are electric. Eventually she just says fuck it and unleashes as Makr pounds out beat after beat. "Don't Be Mad at Me" is its own aural universe and I want to live there; it's dense and utterly hypnotic. I haven't heard a better song in 2012 so far. Througout, "47" feels purposefully disjointed, keeping you wondering where this is all going and what dreams, exactly, you swallowed to get here. – Brad Rose, Experimedia

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The six songs that make up the 47 EP from Father You See Queen move between the poles of melody and noise, with the noises and beats created by Makr moving around and through Mona's bittersweet vocals. The spectrum of sound the duo work with plays with structure and chaos as well, always referencing the pop song even as layers of distortion pile on top of each other.

47 is available as a CD EP in an edition of 250, packaged in a handstamped, chipboard scatterbox. 47 is also available as a digital EP.

Contrast is the order of the day on this half-hour EP from Minneapolis-based outfit Father You See Queen, which pairs the electronic textures, beats, and noise of Makr (Mark McGee, of the late To Kill A Pretty Bourgeoisie) with the comparatively delicate vocalizing of Mona (Nicole Tollefson)... Contrast doesn't just emerge within a song either but between them, too, and consequently it's Mona's voice that becomes the thread connecting the stylistically diverse songs and that gives Father You See Queen its defining character.
Textura April 2012

Credits
Makr: Beats and Noise
Mona: Vocals and Songwriting
Nick Ryan: Songs 2 & 6 Guitar
Drew Christopherson: Song 2 Drums, Song 3 MPC
Freddy Votel: Song 6 Drums
Mona: Song 6 Guitar

Recording: Jacob Grun: Songs 2 & 6
Mastering: Eric Thon at Trendkill Recording
Production: Mark McGee