Baltimore Bands: Mr. Moccasin

Music Review

Echoey vocals with sunny accompaniment blends into the stroll-in-Barcelona worthy music of Mr. Moccasin. A collective group of independent experimental folk artists, Mr. Moccasin has come out with an album that is  a musical coloring book.

The shining voice of singer Hanna Badalova melts into the bright stringed instrumental of Jared Fischer and Chris Martinelli as Greg Hatem's drums bring a staccato of crayon-infused color here and there. Songs like "Life is Boring" transport you to a simple street where pastel shops and hazy sunshine infuse your surroundings. With music this light and dreamy, you'll feel like a lazy robin flying low in the mid-afternoon.

Musically chartreuse, this band has a rosy tone that's ethnically spiced thanks to Badalova's singing as she threads Russian into her English lyrics. Bright percussion and washed tones combine in their album, "You Will Take a Trip to the Sea" with spectacular results, ranging from the urgent song "Tsuami" to the atmospherically plucked-with-violins "Himalayan Marmalade".

Take a trip down a stained glass corridor and enjoy these imaginative melodies by getting Mr. Moccasin's album here.