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Posted on September 24, 2008 4:53 AM

Marino to finish tour

Tonight is the last chance to catch Band Marino performing a live show for a while.

Following its Roustabout! performance at Bar Bleu at 10 p.m., the band will depart for its hometown, Orlando, and cease touring. The next several months will be devoted to working on an EP and a full-length album, both follow-ups to the band's 2006 debut The Sea & the Beast.

Jesse Ruegg, Roustabout! promoter, described the band's music as indie pop with strains of Americana, folk rock and country, alternately known as "jangle pop."

The band began in 2003 as a duo, but developed into a five-piece group and has remained that way for most of its run.

However, there has been a restructuring in the past year since the banjo player was replaced. Two additional members stepped in to help with recording and playing piano, trumpets and trombones. This bumps the member count up to seven, but that means little to vocalist and guitarist Nathan Bond.

"I don't look at music as a band as much as a creative outlet for myself," Bond said. "Whoever is in the band is just a technicality."

Nick Sambrato, manager for Band Marino, agrees with Bond's philosophy and said "members" is a fairly loose term at this point.

"Will two new guys be touring with us?" Sambrato said. "No, but we will be working with them in the studio. There's a definite possibility we'll be touring with seven next time around, creeping up to an Arcade Fire-type presence."

Band Marino's ever-changing set of members is further complemented by its diverse instrumental repertoire, with each musician in charge of three to four niche instruments.

"They stand out [by having] a more unique sound," Ruegg said. "They do this by incorporating banjo, accordion and mandolin into their setup. I like that these guys throw in more folky and country instruments."

The group just concluded its tour opening for Straylight Run and will be heading home after tonight's show.

"This is the first tour we've gone on we're really happy with," Bond said. "Old songs got a facelift with the new players."

Bond and Sambrato co-founded and run the band's fledgling record label, Street Parade Records. Sambrato said it was a wise decision for Bond to form his own label.

Bond said the plan is to get the EP out by next spring and then immediately start a new album.

Both will be released and distributed by themselves.

Bond's genre focal points for the upcoming album are spaghetti western, salsa Latin and more piano-driven rhythms.

"It's going to be a little jazzier, a little prettier," Bond said. "It's gonna make sense, but it's gonna be crazy."



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