Skeletons & The Kings Of All Cities

Brooklyn’s top-monikered tropical pop lords, Skeletons & the Kings of All Cities – anteriorly Skeletons & the Girl-Faced Boys – have engendered comparisons to Can, Grandaddy, Sonic Youth, Prince – even the sans pareil Boyz II Men.

Initially spawned as a solo act – whose cornerstones were collaboration, experimentation and unpredictability – founder member (and Shinkoyo records chieftan) Matt Mehlan enlisted an eclectic cast of conspirators to gussy up his autonomous art: classical trombonists, punk-rock drummers and junkyard choirboys to name a few.

Now brandishing a full-time band, whose not inconsiderable number boasts horn-blowers, multiple guitarists and double drummers – and having recently issued an excellent debut, ‘Lucas’ on indie enterprise Ghostly (Dabrye, Matthew Dear) – Skeletons... have slayed audiences alongside the likes of TV on the Radio, Animal Collective and Jackie O’ Motherfucker. You have been warned.