Beware: a “dark twisted fantasy turned to reality…”
Allow me to blunt — MS MR scares the hell out of me. Their music attacks the soul, leaving nothing and implanting their own seed. Yet like the lure of a haunted house or ghost hunting, the eeriness draws suspicion. Suspicion leads to obsession, and here I am. I am infatuated with the New York duo and their incomparable style.
“Bones” is the skeletal framework of MS MR’s repertoire. For this song and songs alike, it begins with MR. I picture him creeping over the sound machine, creating bold, dark beats, all while laughing maniacally. To finish things off, MS lays down the most dangerously poignant lyrics known to living tongue. She recounts the “romance of sadness” by “kissing death and losing [her] breath” — a convincing way to evoke passion. This, as well as “Time of My Life (Cover),” “Strings,” and “Ash Tree Lane” are demos off MS MR’s debut EP Ghost City USA.
If you’re a Jonkie (that’s what I call die-hard Jonk Music fans), you know “Hurricane” from the Summer Jams ’12 mixtape. The song is eh… eh-MAZING. Of course, only if you’re into magical/inspiring music with a 99 percent chance of popilepsy.
Don’t get the impression that I’m being negative. MS MR has made nothing but enlightening music even if it is spooky at times. So check it out! What do you have to lose? Besides your soul, that is… muahahahhaha. Joking aside, get the EP off their Bandcamp and wait impatiently like me for a full album to come out.