Skeletons

It has certainly been an action packed journey for siblings Ivan and Ada (ages 15 and 13 respectively), aka Tiny Masters of Today. Almost overnight, the band went from a few homemade recordings on Myspace to collaborating with Karen O and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kimya Dawson, Fred Schneider (B-52s) and Gibby Haynes (Butthole Surfers), being remixed by CSS and Liars, and touring hte world. David Bowie even lauded their first homeade single as "genius." Not bad for a band that double as full-time students in the New York Public School System.

With Skeletons, the Tiny Masters went it totally alone, producing and writing the entire album themselves. The tracks were largely recorded at their home in Brooklyn, using the computer program Garageband. They brought the songs to Seaside Lounge studio with engineer Patrick McCarthy for additional recording and the final product was mixed by Matt Stein at U.W.M.S.C. in New York.

Fans of Tiny Mater's familiar shouting and sloganeering and general anti-establishment nose-thumbing won't be disappointed, but the sonic palette has broadened somewhat. While their rag-tag sound is clearly informed by classic-era punk rock, they think nothing of incorporating hip-hop, electronica, dub, and even disco into a messy and uproarious concoction. The end result is frantic and funny, equally poignant and pugnacious. Politically charged and strikingly original, a curious pastiche of styles and subjects all channeled through their own, unique filter.