Of Mice and

Musicians

 

Of Mice and Musicians began as the

 offspring of Lay of the Cid

(prog-punk rock trio) & Basement

 Addicts (hip-hop duo), merging the

 spirit of hip hop with the captivating

 nature of live instrumentation. What

 started as free form jam sessions in

 a basement laced with absinthe,

 Caponeʼs (and more djs than the

 Grateful Dead had organists); the

band soon found itself opening

shows for some of Detroitʼs finest

MCs.

 

The bandʼs first project was an

eight-song EP, released in 2010,

which the group self recorded in

their basement studio. While the

 concepts and foundation were

there, the production lacked clarity.

 Still . . . jobs, girlfriends and other

 musical endeavors fell to the

wayside as the weekends, beer

bottles, and props piled up. The

more serious things got, the more

Of Mice and Musicians realized they

 have a live show people woke up

 thinking about the next day.

 

In April of 2012 the band released

 Bottles and Bones, a full length LP

 that gained wide acceptance as a

 soulful kaleidoscopic suite. Most

blogs and other critics to review the

 album remark that it is

unclassifiable as far as genre.

Of Mice and Musicians is hip hop,

but it is much more than that as

well. The band is representative of

a generation who grew up with

multiple musical influences induced

 by the rise of the information age.

 Currently working on their second

full-length and getting ramped up

for summer gigs, Of Mice and

Musicians is executing the best

laid plans.