Malachi Constant: "Infinite justice"

It seems that we're living the Reagan era all over again for the sake of retro irony -- assholes in skinny ties have taken over your local disco and you can't walk through your local supermarket without hearing a cheesy '80s new-wave ballad. The most ironic aspects of the decade seem to be lost on Malachi Constant; this Minneapolis-based quartet hums like a radiator filled with asbestos and particle wire. Jason Jackowiak - Splendidezine.com

Malachi Constant doesn’t even have the decency to be entertainingly horrible. No, in fact they’re often good, maybe even…possibly…almost…excelle - no, no, no—no, it’s the desperation talking, they’re just good, that’s all. With drugs however, a song like “Explosive Height” might’ve suggested a dynamic journey through points A, B and C propelling you from a frantic landscape of racing bass lines into undulating valleys of delicately plucked guitars finally dragging you over rough terrain of sawed at power chords. Without drugs it sounds like three decent parts strung together with a title thrown on top. Chuck Zak - Stylus Magazine


Also, I imagine myself trying to hit on the girl in Malachi Constant but am lost as to what we would talk about. It certainly wouldn’t be about her band because we would probably end up in an argument when I told her that her band was “good at what it does” meaning that for all intensive purposes, it blows. No, I would not go that route! She would instantly see past my façade of fake kindness. Maybe I would try and get her to quit?? Save her from a dark future of playing meandering and purposeless “post-rock” crapola with a bunch of guys that are straight off the set of Revenge Of The Nerds. Anonymous female Malachi Constant member if you are reading this please get in touch!! . Emmanuel Tsogas - Indieworkshop

How many bands can you think of whose music has true depth ...? If you are being honest with yourself, the answer is very, very few. Depth just may be what makes the music of Saint Paul's Malachi Constant unique. Refusing to follow trends or ape the styles of others, this quartet takes music and mutates it into their own unique ocean liner. Songs blur and transform from one style into another...seemingly without any premeditation (or premedication). What many don't realize is that songs don't necessarily have to have lyrics. Malachi Constant tunes, while mostly instrumental, occasionally include lyrics that seem to pop up from nowhere...before disappearing in a wall of confusion. Babysue

Parola di Bielle(Cosimo Pacciani)
Una scoperta casuale del mio Itunes. Un gruppo di Saint Paul, la citta' gemella di Minneapolis che gia' ci ha donato gli Husker Du e Prince. Per citarne due fra tanti. Un disco che parte come i Dismemberment Plan e che dopo diventa una visione Tarantinesca della musica Indie. Suoni e ritmi vari per un disco abbastanza riuscito nel suo voler esser originale. Suoni in liberta', echi di funky e di chitarre anni 70. Consigliato a chi ama tutto quello che sfugge al controllo delle majors, perche' troppo laterale per avere successo. Anche se son sicuro tutti vorrebbero ballare ad una canzone come the wind in the willows.