[MP3] March Fourth Marching Band: "Space Hole"

March Fourth is a date, a command, and a band. Imagine Duke Ellington meets Sgt. Pepper in an international big-top Fantasia evoking a familial community reminiscent of the Grateful Dead. Imagine a 1920′s speakeasy where Mr. Bungle meets the Shogun Warriors in a PG Clockwork Orange. Imagine running into this 35-person spectacle marching through a festival, down a street, or onto stage. The impact is immediate and infectious.

I was in the midst of constructing another post this morning (it’ll be up later) when I became seriously sidetracked by a bizarre band out of Portland, OR. I’ve been clicking hotlink after hotlink, video after video, and song after song in an attempt to wrap my noggin around the eclectic outfit known as the March Fourth Marching Band. The Pacific Northwest has definitely come to be known as a creative hotspot over the years and I’m slowly piecing together that Portland may take the crazy, albeit in a seriously good way, cake. This creative entity seems like every high school band member’s dream come true, every marching musicians own crème de la crème, and just a giant ball of noisy fun. I’m guessing some of our Portland based readers could help give us a native’s perspective on this act but until they do enjoy their original composition titled “Space Hole” (2007 International Songwriting Contest Winner) and a video released in 2004 highlighting the bands initial premise and origins! (“We got home from Burning Man…”)

[MP3] March Fourth Marching Band – Space Hole

Note to self: I need to make a trip out to Portland.