Jake Brown began working on what would eventually become En Masse in the summer of 2005, just as his band Moments In Grace and Decahedron called it quits. He recorded somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 songs on his laptop. Near the end of summer, Jake hooked up with close friends from all over the state of Florida. Steve Kleisath [Further Seems Forever], Eric Jernigan [City if Showing an instant ability to gel, they played their first shows after only a handful of rehearsals. What's come from the collaboration is a collection of atmospheric mood pieces best suited for a film soundtrack. In fact J Robbins, who will be producing the band's debut, may have put it best by referring to En Masse as tragic Sci-Fi. Creating new subgenres aside, the band sucessfully blends the darker material from new wave goth stalwarts like The Church and Bauhaus with the ambient soundscapes of Brian Eno and some good old fashioned indie rock.
“The Nurse Who Loved Me: A Tribute To Failure” is all around triumphant. This album pays tribute to one of the greatest bands of the 90s and the legacy they‘ve left the musical world. There are few bands that deserve a tribute more so than Failure, as they have defined a mighty sound, that has remained so influential to so many bands, in numerous different ways.
+ Evangelos + [Damn] This Desert Air + Exeter + Sex Club Reject + Orion + Emotron + Stemage + Satellite Tragedy + The Company We Keep + Rilian + Paramore + Catch The Sun + B.L. Barakus + Solare + Tablets Of Orion + 30 Fathom Grave + Planet ID