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Marc with a C really likes records. Buying/making/selling/writing them… the whole shebang. Not just specifically vinyl records, but any tangible format of recorded media. Hand the guy a record he’s never heard, and in a few days he’ll have a 45 minute conversation with you about the juxtaposition of track twelve against the cover art. Since Marc also happens to be a musician, this would probably explain his increasingly prolific songwriting output. He likes to make new records, and those records should probably have songs on them, don’t you thi... (+) expand

www.marcwithac.com
www.myspace.com/marcwithac

Marc with a C really likes records. Buying/making/selling/writing them… the whole shebang. Not just specifically vinyl records, but any tangible format of recorded media. Hand the guy a record he’s never heard, and in a few days he’ll have a 45 minute conversation with you about the juxtaposition of track twelve against the cover art. Since Marc also happens to be a musician, this would probably explain his increasingly prolific songwriting output. He likes to make new records, and those records should probably have songs on them, don’t you think?

Of course Marc with a C is just what Marc Sirdoreus calls himself when he’s on stage - mostly because he got tired of telling people how to spell S-I-R-D-O-R-E-U-S correctly. He’s been making art as Marc with a C since 1999, and plans to continue until he runs out of ideas. Even then, there’ll probably be a few superfluous records just to be sure that he’s tapped out. Thankfully, most of his releases have been pretty good so far.

Lately, Marc prefers to make his indie pop in small, DIY ways. Even though there have been other producers on earlier records, (Human Slushy, Bubblegum Romance), the last few years have seen Marc recording the albums himself, while playing nearly every instrument heard in the mix. Bandmate and best friend Chris Zabriskie takes care of the art and the late-night phone calls that Marc tends to make, rambling on and on about what his next musical move should be. He also plays drums during the shows and is generally the backbone that keeps Marc’s abundance of silly notions in check. Technically, he’s the “C” in the stage name… or at least, he oughta be.

The live shows are energetic bouts of pop and sweat, framed by unpredictable set lists, crowd sing-a-longs and entire sections reserved for the audience to request songs that Marc hardly remembers releasing at times. Releasing nearly a hundred songs in five years makes it difficult to compile a set list that showcases as many crowd favorites as new songs, which leads to one of the most malleable shows you’ll see in small venues. Each performance is so different that even the band members themselves can’t quite make sense of what they’re doing. The rabid fan base does most of that work instead, and that’s actually pretty comforting.

Marc with a C loves to perform, but doesn’t like to tour. If he comes to your town, it’s possibly the only time he’ll ever play songs there. He’d much rather stay in Orlando with his family and friends, thinking locally and only acting somewhat globally. He also enjoys board games, coloring pictures, b-movies, playing drums in lo-fi is sci-fi, writing critical reviews and not owning an iPod.

Hot on the heels of the 2007’s compilation of crowd favorites, What The Hell Is Wrong With Marc With a C, Marc’s just released Normal Bias on Neighborhood Nuclear Superiority, which is arguably his best record yet. It’s a sparse affair bent on making sense of family values, cover bands, burning down unnecessary neighborhoods and Carole King’s Tapestry album. The songs are ragged indie pop/folk coated in harmony and sarcasm. You’ll get the melodies on Normal Bias stuck in their head and that’s about the best you can expect from a pop song, really.

The first batch of Normal Bias is being released in a handmade slipcover that looks much nicer than it sounds, and the second run will probably come out the same way. Marc with a C becomes more DIY every day, and that trend doesn’t seem to be slowing down at all. It just makes sense, though. One listen to the dark-pop sheen of the new record, and it’s easy to see why a big lush studio isn’t necessary for these tunes. They stand up just fine on their own, and the only people that need to be involved in the songs are… well, the people involved in the songs.

Marc and Chris are friendly and wildly opinionated fellows that will come to your house and do a show if you ask nicely enough. They just want to make music and art for people, and they’d like some of those people to be you, dear reader. The shows are fun and original, the albums don’t sound like much else that’s currently out there, and Marc with a C continues to become a hermetic, yet explosive songwriting force… as long as he doesn’t get distracted by your record collection. (-) collapse