About Mahogany Frog
Mahogany Frog is a recording/touring band. The music draws influence from an array of genres: electronica, progressive rock, jazz, late 50’s “ultra” lounge, ambient/experimentalism. With the use of a plethora of keyboards (both analogue & digital), feedback-ridden guitars, fuzz-bass and walls of electronic samples, the group creates a tube-saturated, highly overdriven jazz-rock, usually performed at extremely high decibels and with an enormous amount of energy. The music itself can be both challenging and soothing to the listener: stabbing riffs using unusual notes and time signatures often dissolve into lush electro-soundscapes, and straightforward, rhythmic interludes can merely lay the foundation for syncopated counter-melodies or sound effects. The orchestration of the instruments are unorthodox at times: using complex modal progressions or phrases as a basis for experimentations in arrangement, the rhythm and lead sections trade roles quickly and often. Musically speaking, the four members of Mahogany Frog have the tendency to spread themselves thin, as they attempt to tackle slicing leads and warm backdrops simuntaneously. Live, the songs all flow together, creating a steady bombardment of highly progressive, exciting music that explores countless moods and ideas.
“The Coast are yet another example of the increasingly talented and seemingly unstoppable Canadian indie music scene” Rob Bolton, Exclaim! Magazine
“The spacey, Verve-like quality of their delicate tunes wouldn’t sound out of place on the Lost in Translation soundtrack as an aural manifestation of Bill Murray’s alienation” Andrea Miller, Eye Weekly, Toronto
“The end result [of their performance] was total perfection; an exceptionally lovely, dreamy, trance-y sound that no doubt will be the soundtrack for many a sweet summer romance.” Sonia Viscounti, Soundproof Magazine
“upbeat, shimmering pop music that could get folks dancing without a single disco hi-hat…..their EP more than delivers on the promise I saw in the live performance. Sometimes I complain about how slavishly anglophile Toronto can be, but every once in a while it pays off in spades.” Frank Yang, Chromewaves.
“[The Coast EP] is all excellent stuff, there’s every reason to believe that it will be enough to help … the Coast gain their goal of global domination” – Matthew P., www.iheartmusic.com