MNDR - Feed Me Diamonds (2012)
Synthpop / IDM / Indietronica
MNDR is the solo project of the Los Angeles based electronic music artist, producer and writer Amanda Warner. MNDR rose to prominence after being featured on Mark Ronson & The Business Intl's 2010 single "Bang Bang Bang", which peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart.
It's neither Amanda Warner's fault nor entirely ignorable that she's surrounded by so many peers. Warner, who's performed for years with producer Peter Wade under the moniker MNDR, makes buzzy synthpop amid a deafening buzz of like-minded bands, and from any point in her career, it's a short step to two or three rough analogues or influences. After a couple of years jobbing behind the scenes for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and others, Warner's break came in 2010 when she lent a careening hook and Francophone snappiness to "Bang Bang Bang" by Mark Ronson, an act arguably better known for his antecedents (the vague, remembered 1960s), protégées, and followers than his actual music. This proves apt. The EP that caught Ronson's notice, E.P.E., strutted and shouted and revived all the 80s synthpop fit to get print. It commanded both attention and an inevitable clutter of comparisons: La Roux, Santigold, Goldfrapp.
mp3 files at 320 kbps, total running time 59m33s
01 - #1 In Heaven
02 - Stay
03 - Faster Horses
04 - Blue Jean Youth
05 - Fall In Love With The Enemy
06 - U.B.C.L.
07 - Feed Me Diamonds
08 - Burning Hearts
09 - Sooner Or Later
10 - Waiting
11 - Sparrow Voices
12 - I Go Away
13 - Draw The Curtains
14 - Bombs Away
15 - We Can Fall
16 - Chained To Change