REVERBfest was a blast.  A lot of good people, a lot of, sometimes free beer and a fair number of surprisingly good bands.  I’m going to be giving a shout out to a few of them over the next week here at The Daily Choice, but today I want to focus, briefly, on the band that shocked my shit the most - The Curious Mystery.  I’d pretty much counted Mr. Spots Chai House as a dead spot after being bored to tears by Husbands Love Your Wives and having painful flashbacks of a near-fight at a reggae concert many REVERBfests ago.

Nonetheless in a dull period when the free beer had dwindled, the pizza was reduced to cheesy scritlins, and I waited for The Moondoggies to blow me away, someone whispered “Curious Mystery” and I was on my way.  Psych-rock is sort of one of my things and Curious Mystery filled my gap like no other.  Aside from a lead singer donning an autoharp, a banjo, and a harmonium, The Curious Mystery had a drummer, named Faustina, who played the skins like no one I’ve ever seen.  She changed tempos on a dime, used every mallet conceivable, stalked over tables banging a gong, and at one point hit me in the chest with a thrown drumstick.  I can’t help but say I was a wee bit smitten.

These badasses were just signed to K Records, and though I couldn’t find an .mp3 of there music, this weird world called “Myspace” seems to be hosting a few of their tracks.  They’re opening up for The Pica Beats on Thursday, and I implore you, get on over.

THE CURIOUS MYSTERY MYSPACE PAGE