Consonant is an
alternative rock
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group formed by singer/guitarist
Clint Conley
Clinton J. Conley is an American post-punk musician and journalist from Boston, Massachusetts, best known as a co-founder, bassist, and vocalist of Mission of Burma.
Early life and education
Conley was born in Boston, Massachusetts and graduate ...
in 2001.
In the late 1970s, Conley cofounded
Mission of Burma
Mission of Burma was an American post-punk band from Boston, Massachusetts. The group formed in 1979 with Roger Miller on guitar, Clint Conley on bass, Peter Prescott on drums, and Martin Swope contributing audiotape manipulation and acting as ...
, a pioneering Boston
post punk
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group. After mostly dropping out of music for the 1980s and 1990s, Conley began writing songs, often with input from poet Holly Anderson.
Conley formed Consonant in 2001, along with guitarist
Chris Brokaw
Chris Brokaw (born August 1, 1964) is an American musician, best known for his work with the bands Come and Codeine.
Life and career
While studying at Oberlin College, Brokaw met many people who became figures on the American indie rock scen ...
(
Come
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*Comè, a city and commune in Benin
*Come (Tenos), an ancient town on Tenos island, Greece
Music
*Come (American band), an American indie rock band formed in 1990
*Come (UK band), a British noise project founded in 1979
**Come ...
,
Codeine
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),
bassist
Winston Braman (
Fuzzy
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Music
* Fuzzy (band), a 1990s Boston indie pop band
* Fuzzy (composer) (born 1939), Danish composer Jens Vilhelm Pedersen
* ''Fuzzy'' (album), 1993 debut album by the Los Angeles rock group Grant Lee Buffalo
* "Fuz ...
),
and drummer
Matt Kadane
Matt and Bubba Kadane is an American musical duo that consists of two brothers, Matt Kadane and Bubba Kadane. They have founded three indie rock bands, serving as producers, songwriters, vocalists, and guitarists in all of them. The first, Bedhea ...
(previously of
Bedhead
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). Though notably less experimental than Mission of Burma,
critic Mark Deming declares Consonant is "a fine return to the spotlight for Conley".
Discography
*''Consonant'' (April 9, 2002)
*''Love and Affliction'' (August 19, 2003)
References
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Alternative rock groups from Massachusetts
Musical groups from Boston
Musical groups established in 2001
Mission of Burma