Website mrdreamland.us/ Record labels TuneCore, God Mode | Active until 2014 Genres Punk rock, Rock music | |
Years active 2008 (2008)–2014 (2014) Members Adam Moerder
Matt Morello
Nick Sylvester Origin Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States (2008) Albums Trash Hit, No Girls Allowed, Mr. Dream Goes To Jail Similar Silver Pozzoli, Archers of Loaf, Miko Mission, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Sleigh Bells Profiles | ||
Mr. Dream was an American punk rock music group. The group released their debut album, Trash Hit, on March 1, 2011. The band released Ultimate in Luxury as a "posthumous LP" on July 7, 2014, shortly after the group split.
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History
Based in Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Dream was composed of Adam Moerder (vocals, guitarist), Matt Morello (vocals, bass guitarist) and Nick Sylvester (drums, producer). Moerder has written several pieces for various publications including the New Yorker and the music review site, Pitchfork. Sylvester was a writer at the Village Voice and Pitchfork. Morello is not a writer.
Moerder and Sylvester originally met while writing for the Harvard Lampoon. Several years after graduating from college, Moerder, Sylvester and Morello had relocated to Brooklyn and started practicing and writing together as Mr. Dream. After self funding and utilizing the generosity of friends, the band started fund raising on Kickstarter. Raising over $3,000 from supporters, the band produced Mr. Dream Goes to Jail, a four song EP. Supporters received a vinyl copy of the EP.
The band performed with several different bands throughout the New York City area. Notably, Sleigh Bells, M.I.A. at Coco 66 in May 2010. For promotion of Trash Hit, they opened for CSS and Sleigh Bells in Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston, which marked the first time the band performed outside of New York City. The band also opened for Archers of Loaf in New York in June 2011.
The Ultimate in Luxury (2014)
On October 23, 2013, Mr. Dream announced a new full-length album, The Ultimate in Luxury. In a nod to Moerder and Sylvester's journalistic roots, the release date is scheduled for "TK". The first single released from the album was "Fringy Slider" which was described as having a sound similar to "an early Franz Ferdinand track."
The Ultimate in Luxury was reviewed favorably, being called "slimy and sweet" and a "glamorously sardonic eulogy." The album was made available for streaming on Soundcloud, and for sale as a cassette on the Godmode Records website. The cassette also shipped with an option for an essay from one of the bands two writers, Moerder or Sylvester.
Critical Reception
Critical reception was largely favorable, with Stereogum listing them as one of their top 40 new bands on 2010 "because they write smart, ballsy songs." The Fader praised them as "an antidote to the pulseless navel-gazing of certain lo-fi softies of late" and also noted that they don't "suck," despite their music critic background. Fluxblog's Matthew Perpetua also overcame his music critic fears and noted that the band created "brainy yet very physical rock music that is always desirable but generally scarce". Mr. Dream was compared to Franz Ferdinand,The Jesus Lizard, Pixies, Hüsker Dü and The Wipers.
Albums
Demos
Singles
Songs
Holy NameTrash Hit · 2011
Trash HitTrash Hit · 2011
Shotgun TricksTrash Hit · 2011