Man Man

With Man Man hailing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , it's difficult to know where to start, as with their music. It's literally insane, but so unique you have to hear something by them. Their style is described as somewhere between evil circus music and gypsy jazz. It's loud, it's got ridiculous percussion, and all of the members have fun pseudonyms.

Give it a listen:

Their style started off in Man In a Blue Turban With a Face being really out there, with lots of eastern European influence and quite experimental. They moved to Six Demon Bag, arguably their best with a very frantic pace that jumps all over the place. It's full of screaming and intense passages followed by very fluid verses. Finally, to a more accessible Rabbit Habits that is clearly more produced but none the less, great. It refines their style of gypsy madness with some smooth jazziness at the same time.

Start with The Ballad of Butter Beans on Rabbit Habits for a good example of their overall style. It's got a face pace with xylophones, their characteristic vocal style and solid percussion.

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