1. A recent bossa nova in… Read Full Bio ↴There are three bands named The Mosquitos.
1. A recent bossa nova influenced indie-pop band.
2. A current New Hampshire instrumental psychedelic garage surf band that uses original equipment from the 60s.
3.A sixties influenced garage band from the 80s.
1. With its mix of seductive bossa nova grooves and winsome indie pop, Mosquitos’ III will instantly enthrall fans of the group’s self-titled 2002 debut and 2004’s Sunshine Barato, while surely attracting lots of newcomers to the trio's sun-kissed sound. This time, the arrangements are more sophisticated and dreamily psychedelic, with lots of keyboards and synthesizer touches from programmer-producer Jon Marshall Smith. Gorgeous front-woman and Rio de Janeiro native Juju Stulbach offers the most beguiling vocal performances and emotionally revealing lyrics of her career. Along with original material co-written with guitarist-singer Chris Root, she reinvents Neil Young’s “A Man Needs a Maid,” from his classic Harvest, as a melancholy ballad sung in Portuguese.
Like most of III, that ingenious choice of cover is suffused with what the Brazilians call saudade, a word that defies literal translation but signifies a bittersweet sense of longing. Saudade gives even the breeziest bossa nova melodies a tinge of melancholy and makes them all the more entrancing. All of the tracks here have smart, sing-along arrangements that will draw you in and undercurrents of wistful feeling that will keep you listening raptly for a long time to come. III, you will discover, is also an engrossing soundtrack to a very real story.
In the fall of 2005, after touring North America with their live band-mates, bassist Mikey Onufrak and drummer Mark Robohm, Juju and Chris decided to escape the approaching New York City winter to spend quality time in the places that had inspired their music. Keyboardist Jon, in demand as an engineer-mixer, stayed behind at his studio. The group had already cut almost an album’s worth of tunes, but felt they weren’t ready to release anything yet. First stop was the Pacific coast of Oaxaca, Mexico. (Check out Juju and Chris’s photos at www.mosquitosnyc.com.) There they witnessed the November Day of the Dead events. As Juju recalls, “It was a beautiful experience. By celebrating death, everyone was really celebrating life. It was a time to talk to the ones who’d left this world.” Juju wept when she left Mexico, but had reason to be happy too: she and Chris were going to see her family in Rio. That’s where the Mosquitos’ sound was created, in a studio/shack near Ipanema, the setting for the group’s oft-licensed tune, “Boombox.”
Back in Rio, Juju hung out a lot with her mom, Anna Morato, a dressmaker. Anna not only supported Juju’s career, she designed her daughter’s stage outfits, which matched in color, fabric and cut the vivacity of the Mosquitos’ music. Three weeks into Juju’s visit, “after a great sushi dinner where we drank caipirinhas and laughed a lot,” Juju explains, her mother, a relatively young woman who’d experienced a few fainting spells earlier that month, suddenly passed away. “The world became a completely different and surreal place for me on the days following her death,” Juju says, “ full of rich life and deep love and sadness mixed together everywhere. When we got back to New York City a little over a month later, I felt that my mother had come with me.”
An acceptance of fate’s role in one’s life is another aspect of saudade; Juju and Chris felt that destiny had sent them on their journey to South America. The songs they wrote or reworked from those earlier sessions became a sort of diary of the joy and sadness, highs and lows, of the previous months. As Chris put it, “We wanted the music to continue to grow the same way we were growing, as a band and as people. We spent more time and thought nurturing the sounds, the vocal performances, the ideas behind the songs.”
Mosquitos’ work has always been partly autobiographical. Their debut disc cheerfully chronicled Chris’ wooing of Juju across two hemispheres. The material on III is personal in a deeper way, though knowledge of the back-story is not a prerequisite to appreciating these tunes. Songs like “Ele” have the same sort of easy-going bossa nova groove as “Boombox” and “Sunshine Barato”; “Mama’s Belly” accelerates that groove and adds a kooky speed-jazz guitar solo from Mikey, switching from bass. “Soap” is early-sixties pop balladry a la “A Summer Place,” with roller-rink organ and record-album scratches, designed specifically for dancing close and slow. “Just A Touch” channels the Lovin’ Spoonful’s cheerful jug-band sound and even features a kazoo solo.
As Juju learned in Mexico, sometimes the best way to deal with the most difficult moments is to celebrate our most treasured ones. III is a celebration of life, love, sex, music, ephemeral pleasures and enduring feelings. It’s guaranteed to warm your heart throughout our chilliest seasons.
-- Michael Hill
2. The New Hampshire Mosquitos released their first album 'At Sun Over Beach' in 2001. Their second and third albums 'Surfing Adventure' and 'Do That Again!' were both released in 2002. The fourth full length album 'All Day Long' is to be released in 2009, with Zach Uncles on Silvertone guitar, Ronnie Jangles on Silvertone bass guitar, Captain Geach on the Gretsch drums and Marjorie Mosquito on Vox organ.
The Mosquitos have also played and recorded an album with NH DIY music legend, Jonee Earthquake, entitled 'A Recording Session with Jonee Earthquake and the Mosquitos' in 2008. More info can be found on their myspace page.
3. New Yorks (Long Island) sixties-revival band The Mosquitos exists during the 80s. Vance Brescia (lead vocals), Iain Morrison (bass, vocals), Tony Milions (keyboards), Steven Prisco (guitar), Mitch Towse (drums).
Flood
The Mosquitos Lyrics
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And it will be green again.
Looking into her eyes, wishing for a drop from the skies.
We're gonna go outside to the rain.
We're going out to dance in the rain again.
Soon is coming the rain.
All the plants will be drinking then.
The Mosquitoes' song "Flood" addresses the cycle of life and nature's ability to heal itself. The song begins with a hopeful anticipation of rain, which will bring life and make everything green again. The singer finds themselves looking into the eyes of their loved one, wishing for a drop from the skies. The rain comes as a symbol of renewal, marking the end of a dry season and beginning anew. The chorus expresses the euphoria of dancing in the rain, a celebration of this life-sustaining force. However, the song also speaks to the destructive power of rain, where it can wash away everything in its path, including people.
The track conveys a message on how sometimes we can't control the things that happen around us, and we have to learn to ride the wave and appreciate the beauty in the mess. It's also about finding hope in the darkest moments of life, and learning to dance in the rain. The metaphorical use of rain to symbolize hope and despair is brilliantly executed, providing the listener with a powerful image of the polar opposite experiences in life.
Line by Line Meaning
Soon is coming the rain.
The arrival of the rain is imminent.
And it will be green again.
The rain will bring new growth and life to the surroundings.
Looking into her eyes, wishing for a drop from the skies.
The singer is hoping for rain while sharing a moment with another person.
We're gonna go outside to the rain.
The artist plans on going outside to experience the rain firsthand.
We're going out to dance in the rain again.
The artist and others will enjoy dancing in the rain, as they have done before.
All the plants will be drinking then.
The plants will benefit from the nourishment provided by the rain.
Pouring down to stay, washing all the people away.
The rain will come down heavily, potentially causing flooding and forcing people to take shelter.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: IAN ALEXANDER SMITH, NICK ANTHONY SKALKOS
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Marie-Andrée Thibodeau
As someone who was allergic to mosquito bites as a kid, you're doing great work.
Split Dragon
Allergic or just suffering a normal reaction?
juan
@Split Dragon right
Allyson Auld
Yes my thought was fantastic as my daughter is allergic also
Midpack
@Split Dragon"im allergic to grass. I get all itchy."
Yeah that happens to everyone
Lucy Jane
ppl who think mosquitoes allergies aren’t real clearly have never had mosquito allergies lmao as a kid i’d get bit once and my whole leg or arm would be swollen itchy and red within an hour. it’s exactly like being allergic to bees. like yeah it hurts everyone but in some ppl it’s way more severe
Googus
"every creature has a purpose in an environment"
Mosquitoes:
Edd L
They pollinate. Also some mosquito larvae will eat other mosquito larvae. Consistent food source for fish, birds, bats, frogs, small lizards, damselfly larvae, etc
Oddisire
they are food
German Fisch
@Edd Lso can we just get rid of the biting people ones? There many many other mosquito species out there that do all that without biting us