There are many a performers throughout music history that have stunned audiences and deserved recognition from music critics galore... but John Maus; he's a different breed. Not that he's an exception to Iggy, Bowie or even Tomata du Plenty but, he's marked his own little spot in the "Music-Performance" section of the industry.
Not only is he a bumbling smart-man; he also happens to embody two of my favorite things in the world... music and philosophy. A Minnesota boy with a philosophy degree from a European school in Switzerland, how can you not even be the least bit interested in what he has to say?
The first time i saw him was in an Ian Perlman video featured on Vimeo (below).
My heart flopped to the floor i fell in love the second i saw him portray the lyrics coming out of his mouth. He's strange, pretentious, smart and talented. It took me a while to find an ear for him but the second we synced- it was all love from there.
I can't say he's for everyone but, that's to say of any musician. What i can say is this, "If you're looking for something but you can't quite scratch the surface of whatever it is, try him."
He's somewhere between 80's goth synth meets i-wanna-dance-naked-and-do-a-lot-of-drugs-after-binge-drinking. There are plenty of hipster labels to be given to the man but an honest listen will set it all straight in your head. He's just that good.
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