PROMO

BAND

Nathan Mathes

BIO

After fronting multiple bands and experiencing only moderate success, Nathan Mathes decided to take some time off to contemplate his future of song writing at a time in the music industry when cookie-cutter pop bands were dominating the airwaves. His questions about his future were answered one day when he sat down at the piano to play and he felt a renewed sense of urgency. Over the next few weeks he crafted some of his best songs to date and soon recorded what would be Turn Blue’s first EP.

Turn Blue pride themselves on their ability to create their mid-fi indie-pop recordings on their own terms. Drawing their influence from 60's and 70's pop, modern electronic music, and the blue-collar melancholy of Green Bay's industrial surroundings, Turn Blue is a band more interested in conveying emotion through complex melody and deceptively minimal soundscapes than conveying a meaning or message through played-out lyrical ideas. They are dedicated to constructing quality albums that can be enjoyed in their entirety. To date the band has released two full length albums to positive reviews from critics and fans alike.

With a rapidly expanding fan base and plans to record a new album, Turn Blue is poised to have a break out year in 2009.

MUSIC

Number Talking Passion Vans.....................................mp3.....lyrics
When The One The Sun Names (Happens Briefly)....mp3.....lyrics
Blue Collar Valley...........................................................mp3.....lyrics
Matchsticks To The Bar.................................................mp3.....lyrics
Soundscape Letdown....................................................mp3.....lyrics
Man In The North............................................................mp3.....lyrics

FEATURES

Featured at Rock Sellout.com in the Introducing section.

Featured at betterPropaganda.com -- here.

REVIEWS - Fire Like TV


Turn Blue turns in solid musicianship with songs that really bring back to the glory days of the mid ‘90s alternative rock scene on their compelling “Fire Like TV”. Only two people strong and hailing from the cheese state Wisconsin, Turn Blue is surprisingly thick with harmonies and catchy rock beats. Amazingly this joint was recorded on a laptop, which speaks to two things—how far home recordings have come, and how damn talented these two lads are. Great indie pop-rock that has stirring guitars and intriguing rhythms. Check ‘em out.

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A band of two Midwesterners creating beautifully crafted indie-pop rock has never sounded so fine. Turn Blue, consisting of multi-layered musicians Nathan Mathes and Mike Seppanen, has recently released their first full-length album, Fire Like TV. Recorded using the increasingly popular medium of lo- and mid-fi recording techniques, Fire Like TV offers a truly unique and masterfully constructed listening experience. Playing multiple instrumens, both Mathes and Seppanen bring consistent quality and texture to every song on the album. Mathes' melodiously melancholic voice combines with the uncomplicated richness of the music to make songs like "One Twenty One" and "Midwest Winter Workers" sound so good. The lyrics really speak to the band members' Midwestern upbringing and prove that Wisconsin's got a lot more going for it than great cheese. Fire Like TV, in all its unasumming glory, is an indie-inspired treasure.

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With homespun melodies and restrained handclaps, the Wisconsinite duo of Turn blue specializes in a quiet breed of subdued pop. Acoustic strumming follows along closely to slow simple vocals, all home recorded and hushed. "Blue Collar Valley" boasts off-kilter drumming and basic pop structures, coupled with reverb as thick as humid air. Both the approach and the subject matter are fantastically Midwestern, and at times is reminiscent of the short-lived twin cities group Valender--not complex, but certainly pleasant enough. Fire Like TV is not perfectly recorded by any means, but considering that they are able to make their mark in an oversaturated genre, it remains a fantastic example of dreamy melancholy. Soak it in.

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BOOKING

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