Marmoset is an American

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band based in

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. The band was formed in 1995. Marmoset's members are Jorma Whittaker (bass and vocals), Dave Jablonski (guitar and vocals), and Jason Cavan (drums). Frequent contributor and former full-time member LonPaul Ellrich died in 2008. The vinyl repressing of the album ''Record in Red'' is dedicated to his memory. Marmoset has multiple releases on the

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label. In 2009, Marmoset signed to

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Critical reception

In a review of ''Florist Fired'', ''

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'' called the band "one of Secretly Canadian's first and finest discoveries." In its 4-star review,

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wrote that ''Today It's You'' is "reminiscent of indie-rock in the early 1980s -- touches of the occasionally dark, Velvet Underground-influenced jangle of the Feelies, Mission of Burma, the less cutesy work of the Television Personalities, even the later work of Wire." ''

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'' wrote that "the jarring, twisted sensibilities of Indianapolis' Marmoset embody the best qualities of early Sebadoh, halting time and dissonant guitars building a teetering jungle-gym for Jorma Whitaker's odd, brown-paper-bag vocals." ''

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'' panned ''Tea Torndao'', writing that "no display of intellectual gymnastics can redeem a collection of pop songs as joyless as this." ''

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'' deemed ''The Record In Red'' to be one of the best records of 2001. Indianapolis paper '' NUVO'' wrote that the band "could be considered local legends."

Discography

* ''HiddenForbidden'' (1997) * ''Today It's You'' (1999) * ''The Record In Red'' (2001) * ''Mishawaka'' (2002) * ''Florist Fired'' (2007) * ''Tea Tornado'' (2009)

References

External links

*Record Label Joyful Noise's page fo
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*Marmoset Discography on Discogs fo
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*''Defining Marmoset, a Band out of Time'
NUVO article
*Musical Family Tree page fo
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