Freakqualizer

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1		Your Voice	4:40	Play
2		Five Degrees of Me	4:39	Play
3		LandMind	5:23	Play
4		In the End	4:08	Play
5		These Days	7:37	Play
6		The Man	5:29	Play
7		Procrastination Nation	5:51	Play
8		Falsify	5:37	Play
9		Insight of Blind	5:08	Play
10		White	6:02	Play
11		Unwelcome Guest	4:54	Play

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HONEYCREEPER GETS "FREAKY" WITH YOUR EARHOLES

It's been over a year since Honeycreeper's three-song demo - which has been circulating hand-to-hand among musicians, artists, and music fans in the galleries, bars and clubs of the band's upstate NY home-base as well as their adopted hometown of NYC - was recorded. In the meantime, Honeycreeper has played shows and rocked stages throughout the Northeast and beyond. So, when it came time to release its first, full-length album, the band knew it wanted to capture their live show energy on cellulose. For Honeycreeper, their new album "Freakqualizer" is not only the product of an intense nine days in the studio, but also the culmination of distinct life experiences and a wide variety of musical influences.

"There's not one specific thing that makes Honeycreeper what it is", claims Mandy Beck, who is the front woman, saxophonist, and lyricist of the band. "We are an eclectic mix of different styles- mainly funk, rock, ska, and punk- and each song has its own distinct personality." A recurring theme in Honeycreeper's music is the idea of dichotomy; the existence of two contrasting ideas which combine to make a balance (think Yin & Yang). "Lyrically, our songs are about some serious life shaping events, like growing up with my father's alcoholism, as well as religion and morality, but the music is very up-beat and positive. This is very much our personality. We have gone through hard times, everybody does, but we figure there's no use being whiney or negative about it." Beck says, smiling. "On the other hand, we have songs about everyday things like love and not wanting to go to work in the morning, but these songs also have the Honeycreeper spin on it. For example, our big love song, "These Days" start with the lyrics 'Punching people in the brain.'"

When listening to Honeycreeper, it would be hard not to notice the musical aggression of Mandy Beck, who grew up listening to female musicians who were far more demure than their peers. Beck elaborates, "I am very into being a positive role-model for female musicians. I've spent the past 5 years teaching music as my day job and practicing my butt off to be the kind of player that deserves to be respected as a musician, period, not just a female musician. At the risk of sounding sexist, I strongly believe that females would have a more prominent role in music if they spent less time primping and more time practicing. I hope to spread the word to girls everywhere that you don't need to be a man to play music with balls!"

Graduating from The Crane School of Music (as a Bassoon major) and taking lessons for many years, Mandy Beck is as serious as they come about music, but is known to be as silly as they come about most everything else. It is no surprise that she had hooked up with drummer Dan Beck, who has been playing and studying drums for over 15 years yet still finds time to search for Incredible Hulk paraphernalia on eBay, and bassist Sean Fortune who not only was remarkable enough to join the band at age 16, but also came to the realization that "poop" spelled backwards is still "poop". Fortune confides, "I feel really lucky not only to find musicians that I click with musically, but people who are as sick and demented as I am." Honeycreeper's good-natured and off-the-wall sense of humor not only comes through in their music, but also in their entertaining website and emails. This helps to make Honeycreeper a particularly endearing band.

But it's not just Honeycreeper's sense of humor that keeps people interested, but their amped-up live show as well. Hoping to keep the performer/audience connection strong, one of Honeycreeper's main goals was for "Freakqualizer" to capture the "live" Honeycreeper experience. "Our main influences are very energetic and dynamic performers on stage, and not only do we strive to be like that ourselves, but we wanted the vibe of the album to be in the same vein", explains Dan Beck. With screaming sax solos, tight and funky grooves, vocals ranging from James Brown to James Hetfield, and serious hard rocking guitar solos, the album does seem to truly embody Honeycreeper's high energy and eclectic live show.

In a nutshell (a rather large nutshell) Honeycreeper is a dirty, nasty, sexy, sweaty, high-energy rock band that's funky as hell. This "stock" is seasoned liberally with punk, ska, hip-hop, metal, tribal, and reggae. Honeycreeper is serious but fun, edgy and eclectic yet easily accessible and danceable. They are freaky without being embarrassing, clever yet not pretentious, and sexy without being slutty. Honeycreeper has a sound all their own, yet it's completely familiar and you'll want to sing along to every chorus. The music can be sort of dark and mysterious, but you'll want to give it a big hug at the end of the night. It's music played by people who need to play music. It's a stew that's cooking on its' own flame-all you need to do is show up with your spork and dig in.


For more information on Honeycreeper or to request an interview, please contact:
Mandy Beck / (518) 843-1046 / mandy@honeycreeper.net / www.honeycreeper.net


" Honeycreeper... a full-blown wrecking ball of funk and ska."
-- Marty England - Pondering Judd


" ...Honeycreeper is a deliciously funky band. It took me about 30 seconds of their opening song... to know that this band is serious and poised on the cusp of greatness. This band brought the funk and brought it good... If I were the gambling type, I'd wager that Honeycreeper is destined for great things. They are an extremely proficient and tight musical ensemble, playing powerful, clever, eclectic yet catchy original music. With an extremely entertaining live show, and open and friendly personalities, Honeycreeper should have no problems taking their punk-edged funk rock to the next level, and making true believers out of all who hear them."
-- Alex James for JamBase.com
Read this entire in-depth review here:
http://www.jambase.com/headsup.asp?storyID=4876


"At this point, it would be easy for me to say something like "Honeycreeper is destined to be the next big thing." But I won't say that. I wouldn't want to jinx them. What I will say is that they have great songs, strong instrumentation and put on a wickedly fun show. They have a wonderful pop-sensibility while simultaneously being offbeat, wacky and eclectic. In my opinion, this fresh, young band is the total package. Do yourself a favor and check this band out before they're huge. Trust me, you'll be glad you did."
-- Will Kent for JamBase.com
Read this entire in-depth review here:
http://www.jambase.com/headsup.asp?storyID=4037


"Honeycreeper ... is the culmination of a lot of revved-up professional and compositional drive. The band's music fast-forwards through virtually every style of modern rock and its relations- funk, be-bop, hip-hop, ska, reggae, Latin and even a little jazz fusion-which isn't surprising, considering the members' backgrounds in everything from classical bassoon to dub. As this writer can attest, the band's not bad to listen to in the car either... Honeycreeper's is a fully-formed, compelling sound that's at once improvisational yet finished and whole, polished yet edgy, rich yet spare, multifaceted yet clear."
-- Susan Piperato for Chronogram


"Since all the members of the band come from different musical backgrounds, their sound is tough to nail down in one or two words. It could be described as a fusion of funk, hip-hop, Latin, ska, reggae and even a little jazz thrown in here and there. The music is full of spontaneity, but does not drift off mindlessly into nothingness. No member plays an unimportant role because all instruments possess distinct and creative sounds. Whatever you call it, it works... All the members seem like really down-to-earth people who are just trying to have a good time and play a little music along the way. To them I would say, keep on playing. And to you, I would say keep on listening."
-- Josh Miller for the Daily Freeman


"Those of us who grew up listening to Pantera, Tribe Called Quest, Bob Marley, Deee-lite, and the Dead Kennedys all on the same mix tape won't want to miss Honeycreeper, a funky, sexy mish-mash of all those genres. Leading lady and songstress Mandy Beck plays sax with a vengeance and her boys bring the funk."
-- Amy Martin for Portland Phoenix