Less of a band, more of an art project - Menteur is a performance collective that incorporates paint, light design, and crowd participation to create unique live experiences. To preserve the "experience" many recordings are done binaurally, using their binaural dummy head recorder (and psuedo-frontman) Frank Head.

Menteur was founded by Carter Fourqurean and Sam Reeves, inspired by recording sessions where Carter would create sounds and textures with loopers and cassette recorders while Sam would paint to the sound.

Currently Menteur consists of 35 musicians, painters, performers, actors, videographers, technicians, light designers, and producers - many of which are active in other projects. Every performance is different, and there are often different performers at every show, and for every album.

Thank you for all of your support!

They are a big band... Current and past participants include, but are not limited to:Carter Fourqurean, Samantha Reeves, Corey Bax, Philippe Blanchette, Aaron Bond, Christopher Pendergrass, Sam Brown, Nate Dierk, Scott Donnell, Jason Wolonick, Luke Murray, Trevor Overman, Ogede, John Reardon, Jeff Hymes, Chase Dubois, Ernest Thompson, Trey Howie, Matt Phillips, Saman Khoujinian, Andrew Jones, Erin Sands, Madeline Hurley, Priyank Patel, Shannon Kelly, Heather Seaman, Mary Lawless, Tyler Billman, Gabriel Reynolds, Gabriel Anderson, Dylan Turner, PJ Eckerd, George Godsmark, Max Puhala, Will Futch, Nate Wagner, Kevin Church, Zach Corsa, Demetri C. McClain, Danny Abrams, Matthew Booth, and more.

Experimental Industrial Glitch Music - earplugs recommended. 

4 Piece Vocal/Instrumental Mongoose Gorp Rock. Boys with major attitude. Durham, NC - formerly Duluth MN.

i like noises, i make sounds, and i love you

"The brainchild of producer, Will Clinton, the band serves up primal indie rock with a dash of fuzzed aggression.  Moody blues find no shelter in these feverishly  addictive blasts."  -- Ashley Melzer

"Wichita Falls is Will Clinton - though this producer and multi-instrumentalist is packing a full band to replicate the careening, shambling indie rock of his latest EP, ...and the Bad Blood.  With raspy, desperate vocals calling out over the fits and starts, plus Modest Mouse-reminiscent rhythmic tumbles, Clinton's strong songwriting matches his no-brakes punk impetus."  -- Corbie Hill

Rogue Band of Youth is the collective output of Jimmy P, Chloe G, Triple D, and Yak. With the live and studio support of a rotating cast of area musicians they craft mercurial music that is by turns summery, somber, controlled, and... then they got really obsessed with monsters and myths and their music took a turn for the chaotic. 

Essentially this is a band of recovering folkaholics who just figured out that fuzz pedals are really quite cool. But here are some quotes from really nice people about what we used to sound like.

"For what you could call folk-rock, this isn't calm or soothing. At moments, it's frankly anxious and frazzled. But Rogue Band of Youth pulls that off without necessarily getting loud, adding another surprise element of tension to these tunes." -INDY WEEK, Corbie Hill 

"...with pastoral vibes and enough angles to keep things interesting, Rogue Band of Youth should be on your to-hear list." Independent Clauses

"This focused trio of Carrboro based musicians have been writing songs together since 2012, but even the impressive work on their previous EPs can't compare to the deft songwriting on display on Rogue Band of Youth. Tracks are contextualized with subtle field recordings that give an air of a warm southern days, tight harmonies give way to powerful melodies that soar atop a bed of delicate acoustic instrumentation." The Bottom String, Grant Golden

Here's a quote from various audience members from our recent shows.

"Whoa. Rad." - Various audience members

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