Band In Box has a manifesto (wrote about `em here). Usually I don’t just cut and paste but to understand the band’s sound it does help to read this:
“The rules of the band in box bakery:
#1: band in box will explore a new instrument each month. December was all about the clarinet I got from the trunk of a highly suspicious man’s car. January is devoted to the ukulele. February concentrates on tambourines and March knows how to master a violin. If I don’t know anything about playing a specific instrument, neither will I know when I’ll make mistakes. Each instrument gets a tune of it’s own and each tune will have it’s own sound, smell and taste.#2: band in box will, as illustrated by the name, never grow larger than approximately 1.5 x 1.5 metres. Thus, it will always fit in a larger box and I’ll never have to learn how to play the double bass.
#3: No fake instruments allowed. Never use margarine instead of butter. Never go on a diet.
Influences: Infantilism. Hospitals and animals, junkfood and whiskey.”
The band, led by Siri af Buren, have been making a bit of a stir on this blog and others. Their music, while not obvious and propulsive, is still something to get excited about. And excited is exactly how the British label Stereo Test Kit is feeling upon the announcement that they’ve signed the band and will release both a 7″ in 2007 and an lp in early 2008.