Southside Desire
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2012 | INDIE
Music
Press
"....The result: Each song is damn near perfect." Christine Mlodziik - Rift Magazine
"What's your favorite Planet?" - Erica Krumm/Reviler.org
"What's your favorite Planet?" - Erica Krumm/Reviler.org
"Even in raw form, the soulful melodies proved striking enough to prompt the formation of rock-tinged R&B outfit Southside Desire, and they were fleshed out on the band's stellar 2012 debut, Songs to Love and Die To." - Erik Thompson/City Pages
"If your post-punk grit yearns to dance away its blues at a psychedelic beach party, find the cure [with Southside Desire]." (November 15, 2012) - L'etoile Magazine -Ryn Gibson
"As old-school as thumbing through stacks of dusty vinyl, but modern as finding a download card inside, their sound sits somewhere in between Twee and R&B with echoes of a Garage Punk background." (February 11, 2013)
- The Wake Mag
"As old-school as thumbing through stacks of dusty vinyl, but modern as finding a download card inside, their sound sits somewhere in between Twee and R&B with echoes of a Garage Punk background." (February 11, 2013)
- The Wake Mag
"It's always a little jarring to hear music that expresses an emotion you've been trying to put into words for so long." (October 25, 2012)
- City Pages-Youa Vang
"It's always a little jarring to hear music that expresses an emotion you've been trying to put into words for so long." (October 25, 2012)
- City Pages-Youa Vang
"...they’ve got some special kind of magic, not to mention pain, which they write about—eloquently." (October 8, 2012) - Southside Pride- Jeanette Jungbauer
"...they’ve got some special kind of magic, not to mention pain, which they write about—eloquently." (October 8, 2012) - Southside Pride- Jeanette Jungbauer
#14 in Top Local Releases of 2012 (December 30, 2012) - 89.3FM The Current
#1 Twin Cities Album of 2012. "So here’s the record you’ve been looking for ever since you started asking why nobody writes good songs anymore... You’re going to love this record." (December 21, 2012)
- Hymie's Vintage Records
#1 Twin Cities Album of 2012. "So here’s the record you’ve been looking for ever since you started asking why nobody writes good songs anymore... You’re going to love this record." (December 21, 2012)
- Hymie's Vintage Records
Discography
"Songs to Love and Die To"- October 2012
"Southside Desire/Black Diet Split 7"- Summer 2013
Up Coming
"Southside Desire II"
"Southside Desire's Killer Beach Party 12"- Dec 2014
Southside Desire on TPT's MNOriginal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig30IwLIIkU
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Bio
Southside Desire make original music influenced, but not limited by vintage soul, R&B and disco. Marvel Devitt recorded a cappela demos on her phone and sent them to local musician friends and family. In March of 2012, she assembled a rhythm section of Minneapolis scene vets (including her husband Trevor Engelbrektson) and a set of gifted backup singers. Marvel's detailed lyrics are simultaneously personal, insightful, funny and poetic. She is supported by meticulously-crafted harmonies and an expressive and tight rhythm section with a guitarist inspired equally by Bad Brains and Billy Strange.
"It's always a little jarring to hear music that expresses an emotion you've been trying to put into words for so long. Minneapolis band Southside Desire's new album Songs to Love and Die To, does just that. It is a reflection of life, introspective in the sense that it projects one thing and makes you feel another. The songs manage to be endearingly emotional, yet measured in portions by someone who is cautious to let others in." -City Pages
"So heres the record youve been looking for ever since you started asking why nobody writes good songs anymore; why bands dont cook like the Stax rhythm section anymore. You're going to love this record." -Hymie's Vintage Records
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