Since forming in 1996, Martyn Leaper and the Minders have morphed from Elephant 6 darlings to twee-pop anarchists, throwing love bombs and denouncing nothing. Most non-fans remember the Minders’ auspicious 1998 debut, Hooray For Tuesday, and its unfairly derided follow-up, 2001’s Golden Street, but the band was active until 2006’s slight-but-lovely It’s A Bright Guilty World. The Minders’ only interim release has been the second web-only iteration of their odds-and-sods Cul-De-Sacs And Dead Ends. In the gap, Leaper wrote and demoed new songs when he could crowbar it into his 40-hour work week. Along with renowned producer Larry Crane (Elliott Smith, Sleater-Kinney), Leaper began finding the thread of Into The River, the first actual Minders studio work in a decade. Leaper will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our Minders feature.
Leaper: Holly Andres’ photographic work is cinematic. Her complex compositions are reanimated memories of childhood vividly bringing the past to life. Andres’ complex work heavily portrays female introspection, with much of her subject matter being deeply preoccupied with female themed reflections of growing up. Holly Andres’ photography has been featured in the New York Times, Time, Elle and Artforum. I had the pleasure of working with Holly two years ago on a photo shoot with my band. I really enjoyed watching her process, and was thrilled by her beautiful work.
