From 2009 to 2013, we were a dream-pop trio from Honolulu, Hawaii.(We are no longer a band and are no longer performing or recording.) Ara Laylo on vocals, Paul Bajcar on guitar, Matthew McVickar on electronics.
Nine Hawaii Bands You Should Listen to Now
Paste Magazine named Clones of the Queen one of their ‘Nine Hawaii Bands You Should Listen to Now.' Thank you Paste! We’re very happy that people are still finding and enjoying our music!
Members: Ara Laylo, Paul Bajcar, Matthew McVickar
Hometown: Honolulu
For Fans Of: Son Lux, Animal CollectiveTake an atmospheric siesta with Laylo’s creative and sometimes dissonant vocals. Like a hip-hop songstress who stumbled into a drum circle, lyrics are definitely the centerpiece of Queen’s EP, Moonlight, which dropped last September. With a flair for the spooky, their electronic stylings were featured as part of Hawaii’s Halloween festival, Hallowbaloo. Personally asked to open for the Cure, you can hear some Robert Smith throughout their three EPs, all free for download on their website.
Moonlight is live on Spotify now! Listen.
All of our songs are now on SoundCloud and all of our songs are now on YouTube. (Moonlight will be on Spotify, Rdio, et al. soon; the other two EPs already are.)
Stumptown Printers, the Portland, Oregon printing company that printed our Moonlight cases, has featured the pack on their website and Flickr page.
Just over twenty of these left, if you want one! Buy it on Bandcamp.
(Nice photo by Stumptown; bottom three photos by Matt.)
Some photos from our last show and Moonlight EP release on 9/12/13 at The Manifest. Photos by Joah Buley.
(via matthewmcvickar)
Rory Spire picked up a sticker at our farewell show and found a perfect home for it atop her powder compact.
This Week Next Week: 9.12–9.30
Very kind words on tonight’s show from The Offsetter:
Clones of the Queen Moonlight EP Release Party and Farewell Show
Sept. 12, 7–11pm, the Manifest, 32 N. Hotel Street, all ages, free.
Fresh off their moment in the beam of light opening for The Cure in July, Clones of the Queen will play their last show before beat-maker, soundscaper, and synesthesia-inducer Matthew McVickar moves to Portland. This is also the release party for their third EP, Moonlight, the final chapter in their space trilogy. DJ Ross Jackson, The Bougies, and Pink Mist support.
Our new EP Moonlight is out now. Go download it on Bandcamp.
And if you’re in Hawaii, join us at The Manifest tonight for our farewell show.
Many thanks to Schuyler Tsuda for his excellent recording, mixing, and production work and Roman Vail of Joe Lambert Mastering Studio. Moonlight sounds absolutely amazing thanks to these two.
Roman Vail of Joe Lambert Mastering putting the finishing touches on our new EP Moonlight. Our recording and mixing engineer and producer Schuyler Tsuda joined him in the Dumbo, NY studio to oversee the mastering job. We just got the masters back and they sound incredible.
We cannot wait to let you hear this thing!
Moonlight is out in five days. Here’s the cover art.
COTQ CONDENSED
An hour of COTQ practice in 2012 condensed to 2.5 minutes. We were working on our EP Moonlight at the time.
Our third EP Moonlight will be released on Thursday, September 12th. Shortly thereafter, Matt is moving to Portland, so this will be our farewell show. Please join us at The Manifest for this free, all-ages celebration for our friends, family, and fans. Event on Facebook.
Clones of the Queen merchandise is updated and now for sale on our Bandcamp page.
We have new CDs in beautiful card packs, T-shirts, square and round stickers, and plenty of buttons. Buy some!
