Mr. Blanding's Dreamhouse - Ninety-Nine Aprils CD

Ninety-nine Aprils is Mr. Blanding's Dreamhouse sophomore release and captures the bands growth both musically and personally. Far better production and new band members help shape a sonic difference for the band over their first s/t CD released in '98 on SKAM Records. MBD plays a type of indie rock that is emotional and fearless. Female fronted vocals, with male vocals backing up and taking the lead from time to time, supported by capable druming, clean and distorted guitars and driving bass work. Not afaird to rock out or slow it down a bit MBD shaped what they called "apple-core" or what others called "cuddle-punk into 3 minute plus long tunes about relationship woes and growing up and apart. The band first formed during the tumultuos years of highschool and toured a number of times after graduating with bands like House of Large Sizes and the Bent Scepters. The band decided to call it quits after nearly 7 years together. Members of this band went on to form other bands in Iowa City and regionally but MBD still holds a special place in the hearts of all who were involved over the years.