Biography

The Mandevilles are a 5 piece Rock and Roll band from Welland, On. Founding members Serena Pryne (vox) and Nick Lesyk (guitar) have been musical writing partners for over a decade. Along with bandmates and collaborators Taylor Laslo (guitar/synth), Brett Bendo (drums) and Dan Risi (bass). THE JUNKIE EP “Junkie” begins with a cool slicey guitar, It feels like it’s steeped in some blues, but is still rock ‘n’ roll. There’s a solid 90s vibe with a modern guitar sound. “Wasn’t Always” started with the lyric “I wasn’t always like this” as we were noodling over what became the pre-chorus. The idea that you can be changed into something you no longer recognize as yourself. By a person or circumstance. It’s an introspective soliloquy – a plea to yourself. “Moon Cry Water” is another big song on this album. It's been in the vault for a really long time, it never felt like it belonged on any of our albums. Until now. “Sad Talk” has a lot of surprises, feat. Tara Stanclik who sings harmonies with Serena. Listen to the warm click of castanets and haunting Farfisa Organ – which brings in even more depth. About “Bleed Me Out”: We basically had a verse/chorus idea mapped out fairly quick… and we knew we wanted a lengthy jam to take it home. So we started building those parts pretty intensely, as we wanted them to feel like different sections. I think the end result culminates sonically and still feels a little unsettled with the unanswered “Is it over / Are we over?”