Stress Jingle/Station ID #49: Magik Markers
The Magik Markers are a noise rock band from Hartford, Connecticut. The members Elisa Ambrogio (guitar, vocal), Pete Nolan (drums) and Leah Quimby (guitar) started the band in their basement in 2001. Their debut album, I Trust My Guitar, Etc... was released in 2005 on Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace label.
Besides their official albums, Peter Nolan (through his Arbitrary Signs imprint) has consistently produced limited release singles, cdr and tape snapshot documents of the Magik Markers studio/4-track recordings and live performances, all with original handmade artwork, intended for a small audience. With the increasing ubiquity of file sharing, the entire catalogue of long out of print cdrs became readily available.
After Leah Quimby left the band in 2006, the Markers released Boss (2007) as a duo, the most structured recording the Markers had released to date. Since then, they have toured the US and Europe several times.
At the same time, both of the band members continued side projects with other bands and/or solo. Peter Nolan has he solo project , called Spectre Folk and played drums in Jandek's band. Elisa Ambrogio joined Six Organs of Admittance on a US and two European tours, plays with Ben Chasny on 200 Years and has her solo project.
The period following the release of 2009’s Balf Quarry seemed to point towards an ambiguous hibernation.
Surrender to Fantasy, a sprawling distillation of folk noise and unhinged verse over the course of nine disparate songs, was released in 2013 on Drag City and promoted via successful european and north american tours, marked the return of Magik Markers to records with a renewed trio formation: vocalist and guitar player Elisa Ambrogio and drummer Pete Nolan are now joined by bass player John Shaw.
“If you are missing the adrenaline-to-the-heart shock of live Harry Pussy, Minor Threat and primo Black Flag (Elisa is way more Keith Morris than Lydia Lunch), or worship the meltdown guitar rumbling and off-balance wooziness of the Dead C circa "Harsh 70's Reality" this may very well be your new fave action trio.” _ Brian Turner
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