Skeletons (band)
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{{Infobox musical artist 2
|Name = '''Skeletons'''
|Background = group_or_band
|Origin = [[Oberlin, Ohio]]
|Genre = [[Experimental music]]<br />
|Years_active = [[2002]]–present
|Label = Shinkoyo<br /> [[Ghostly International]] <br />
|URL = [http://www.skeletons.tv Official Site]
|Current_members = Matthew Mehlan<br />Jason McMahon<br />Tony Lowe<br/>Jonathan Leland
|Past_members = Carson Garhart<br />Cyrus Pireh<br />Severiano Martinez<br />Justin Craun<br />Mike Ames<br />Sam Kulik<br />Ryan Snow<br />Johnny Misheff<br />Owen Cannon<br />
}}
'''Skeletons''' (also known as '''Skeletons and the Girl-Faced Boys''' and '''Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities''') are an American rock band from New York City. Skeletons began as the solo project of Chicago native musician and filmmaker Matt Mehlan in 2001. In 2003, Mehlan released the albums ''Life and the Afterbirth'' and ''I’m At the Top of the World'' on Shinkoyo, an Oberlin, Ohio based music collective, known for its focus on group improvisation and DIY ethics.
Following the name change from Skeletons to Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys and the addition of a rotating cast of collaborators, the full-length ''[[Git (album)|Git]]'' was released on Ghostly International Records in June 2005, garnering comparisons ranging from [[Can (band)|Can]] to [[Animal Collective]] to [[Boyz II Men]] and [[Mariah Carey]].
In 2007, Skeletons released the album ''[[Lucas (album)|Lucas]]'', also on Ghostly, under the name Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities. The album was recorded in the band's converted Queens warehouse studio and home, The Silent Barn. ''[[Lucas (album)|Lucas]]'' was described by Pitchfork as "an outsize global-a-go-go mélange of unceasing polyrhythms, Afrobeat guitars, free jazz, and Timbaland's approach to kitchen-sink percussion."<ref>{{cite news|last=Harvey|first=Eric|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/44173-lucas|title=Lucas(review)|publisher=''[[Pitchfork Media]]''|date=[[July 18]], [[2007]]}} Last accessed [[July 18]], [[2007]].</ref>
== Discography ==
* ''Life and the Afterbirth'', Shinkoyo, [[2003]]
* ''I'm At The Top Of The World'', Shinkoyo, [[2004]]
* ''[[Git (album)|Git]]'', [[Ghostly International]], [[2005]]
* ''[[Lucas (album)|Lucas]]'', [[Ghostly International]], [[2007]]
* ''Deity of Hair'', free release on skeletons.tv, [[2007]]
== External links ==
* [http://www.shinkoyo.com Shinyoko Collective website]
* [http://www.ghostly.com/1.0/artists/skeletons/index.shtml Ghostly International artist page]
* [http://www.ghostly.com/1.0/artists/skeletons/presspopup/Skeletons_Papermag.html Paper Magazine Article]
* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/44173-lucas Pitchfork Review of "Lucas"]
==References==
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[[Category:New York musical groups]]