"An avant-punk sound that's equal parts Raincoats, LiLiPUT, Siouxsie And The Banshees, and Arthur Russell...it's the sort of hyper-smart, surreptitiously catchy, high-art oddity that makes other bands look like cookie-cutter knock-offs."
— A.V. Club Austin
"The debut LP from local lady quartet No Mas Bodas unspools like a cosmic love letter. As such, the release party for Erotic Stories From the Space Capsule includes a wedding ceremony in which all four members eternally commit themselves to one another. If that sounds strange, musically their tastes follow suit, adding cello, sax, xylophone, harp, and beats from Sheila Scoville's "magic box" to Sarah Malika's guitar. Sonia Saxon's cello on "Night Ships" and elsewhere creeps through Erotic Stories like a ghost, but Kristina Boswell's operatic vocals on "Celestial Alleyways" and electro-psych brain massage "Floating" balance the dread with more melody. With the exception of straightforward closer "From the Sea," NMB drifts through the same amorphous electronic clouds as the Residents and Tuxedomoon. In less capable hands, this mix could be a mess, but this marriage knows interstellar ambience."
— AUDRA SCHROEDER
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credits
released February 1, 2010
Kristina Boswell - Vocals, Xylophone, Harp, Guitar
Sheila Scoville - Magic Box
Sarah Malika - Guitar, Alto Sax, Rhodes piano
Sonia Saxon - Cello, Sax on "Play"
Produced by Richard Kentopp & No Mas Bodas
Mastered by Travis Bannerman
Synth Bass on Tracks 1, 4, 5, & 9 by Cari Palazzolo
All of the musicians in this band approach their instruments with sky-high creativity. And the sounds they extract immerse the listener in lonely, gorgeous, pensive landscapes. No Mas Bodas
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