Mighty Fairly

Artist Information

Biography

UPDATE March 4th: Mighty Fairly's song "Overachiever" was just used on MTV's The Real World: Brooklyn Ep. 9.
March 3rd: Mighty Fairly's song "Closer To End' was just used on The Bad Girls Club, Ep 11.
Jan 14th: Mighty Fairly's songs Dosage and Lackluster were just used on Ep. 2 of MTV's The Real World: Brooklyn
January 8: Mighty Fairly's lead off track "Falling To Pieces" hit the top 25 FMQB charts (national specialty and commercial radio) for the week of January 7th, 2009
October 22nd: Mighty Fairly's new album hits #118 on the RIYL college radio charts.
June 3rd: A 3rd Mighty Fairly song was featured on the Real World:Hollywood.

Mighty Fairly’s melodic hooks, insightful lyrics and eclectic mix of instrumentation on their current release, Perfectly Good Airplanes, including African Marimba and Keytar, have created a mounting buzz. Mighty Fairly’s songs simultaneously pull the listener in with clever turns of phrase while never letting their foot stop stomping. The guitar sounds bring a rough and gritty mix to this hook-laden, power pop. Multiple layers of vocals, with intricate harmonies, flow smoothly in otherwise indie songs, brilliantly flipping back and forth between traditional and current underground echos. Their refusal to take themselves too seriously, indicated by their tongue-in-cheek and obviously abstruse lyrics, as well as their camp ridden photography and album art, shows they have a well developed self-sense of humor. Mighty Fairly creates a sound that is unique, profoundly enjoyable, and goose bump raising.

Colleges and Universities Played:
Truman University - Missouri
University of Kansas - Lawrence
Lake Forest College - Illinois
U. of Wisconsin - Whitewater
U. of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
U. of Wisconsin - River Falls
U. of Minnesota
U. of Minnesota - Duluth
St. Thomas U. - Minnesota
Grinnel College - Iowa
William Penn U. - Iowa

Mighty Fairly has shared the stage with: Tony Scalzo (Fastball), Marc Perlman (Jayhawks), Ed Ackerson (Polara), The Hopefuls, Storyhill, Kid Dakota, The Small Cities, The Mood Swings

Booking Contact:
DreamScapers, Jennifer Bair
jennifer@seethemusic.net, 612-216-4124

"...the music has a jangle pop shine and neo-folk psychedelics creating an optimistic glow like a rainbow around woeful feelings"
- HybridMagazine.com, Susan Frances, June 2007

"Perfectly Good Airplanes is chock full of catchy hooks, bouncy rhythms, nicely layered harmonies and infectious music that will make nearly any pop lover smile."
- Delusions of Adequacy, Lisa Town, April 2007

"...tracks burst with bouncy pop energy, splashy boy/girl vocal harmonies and hooks galore. Their musical approach is clean and strummy, yet insatiably upbeat with some of the tastiest bass lines you’ll hear from a modern pop band."
- Amplifier Magazine, Jeff Shelton, March 2007

"...thrives on its irresistible, upbeat melody and absolutely infectious lyrics."
- Playback Magazine, Amanda Pelle, February 2007

"Mighty Fairly's tunes are squeaky-clean pop sung with full-throated exuberance..."
- Metro Magazine, Robvan Alstyne. Jan 2007

"...it bursts out of the gate with this nonstop energy that's totally infectious."
"...this is the kind of music we depend on for dancing when it's 20 below outside."
- music.for-robots.com, David Brusie - 11/16/2006

"Full of hooks, bright harmonies and irresistible synthesizer fills, Suemnig writes songs that lodge themselves in the listener’s brain and beg to be played again and again."
- The Pulse of the Twin Cities, Andrea Myers - Nov 2006

"...they know how to write a pop song so it's cool and hip."
- Rift Magazine, Rich Horton - 10/29/2006

Accomplishments and Festivals:
Big Words and Power Chords song Falling To Pieces Charts top 25 on FMQB national specialty and commercial charts (1.7.09)
Big Words and Power Chords Charts #118 on RIYL national college charts (11.26.08)

Featured on the Real World: Hollywood, 2008
Featured on the Real World: Sydney, 2007
SxSW 2008, 2007
Hyperactive Music Festival 2007
Winner - 1st place, Rift Magazine 36 Hour Songwriting Competition
Winner - Honorable Mention @ 23rd Annual Mid-Atlantic Song Contest
Winner - 3rd place, Great Lakes Song Writing Contest
MS Music Fest 2006 Compilation CD
One Week Live Compilation CD 2007,2008

Instrumentation

Mischa Suemnig: leadvox & guitar
Kellie Nitz: bgvox & bass
Jonathan Earl: bgvox & guitar
Joe Papke: bgvox & drums

Discography

Big Words and Power Chords: full length, September 2008
Perfectly Good airplanes: full length, July 2006
Wake Up: 3 song single, 2005

Links

• My America Music Video
• Mighty Fairly on NBC

Audio

• Wake Up
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• Simple Minded
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• Lackluster
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• Falling To Pieces
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• Save Your Love
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• Last Stand Started
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• Dosage
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• Do You
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• Movin On
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• Superheroes
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• Closer To End
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• Live For Love
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• Alaska
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Lyrics

• Wake Up
• Last Stand Started
• Lackluster
• Dosage
• Do You
• Movin On
• Closer To End
• Falling To Pieces
• Live For Love
• Alaska

Video

My America

Photo Gallery

Press

• Beg to be Played Again and Again [+ Show ]
  

  "Full of hooks, bright harmonies and irresistible synthesizer fills, Suemnig writes songs that lodge..."Full of hooks, bright harmonies and irresistible synthesizer fills, Suemnig writes songs that lodge themselves in the listener’s brain and beg to be played again and again."

• Insatiably Upbeat [+ Show ]
  

  "...tracks burst with bouncy pop energy, splashy boy/girl vocal harmonies and hooks galore. Their m..."...tracks burst with bouncy pop energy, splashy boy/girl vocal harmonies and hooks galore. Their musical approach is clean and strummy, yet insatiably upbeat with some of the tastiest bass lines you’ll hear from a modern pop band."
  

• Jangle Pop Shine [+ Show ]
  

  "...the music has a jangle pop shine and neo-folk psychedelics creating an optimistic glow like a ra..."...the music has a jangle pop shine and neo-folk psychedelics creating an optimistic glow like a rainbow around woeful feelings"
  

• Songwriting [+ Show ]
  

  "...I would give the songwriting abilities of Mighty Fairly a 10. They have all the right stuff goin..."...I would give the songwriting abilities of Mighty Fairly a 10. They have all the right stuff going on..."
  "...A lot of bands that have been playing together forever have a hard time sounding this good! It just seems to come naturally to Mighty Fairly, and that’s a very cool
  ..."

• Absolutely Infectious
  

  "...thrives on its irresistible, upbeat melody and absolutely infectious lyrics."

• On Stage Sound [+ Show ]
  

  "...think Brian Wilson doing vocal harmonies for Modest Mouse..." - The Pulse of the Twin Cities, Aa..."...think Brian Wilson doing vocal harmonies for Modest Mouse..." - The Pulse of the Twin Cities, Aaron Neumann

• Pop Sensibility [+ Show ]
  

  "Mighty Fairly's tunes are squeaky-clean pop sung with full-throated exuberance..." - Metro Magaz..."Mighty Fairly's tunes are squeaky-clean pop sung with full-throated exuberance..."
  - Metro Magazine Robvan Alstyne. Jan 2007

• Style [+ Show ]
  

  "...it bursts out of the gate with this nonstop energy that's totally infectious." "...this is the ..."...it bursts out of the gate with this nonstop energy that's totally infectious."
  "...this is the kind of music we depend on for dancing when it's 20 below outside."

• So hip? [+ Show ]
  

  "...they know how to write a pop song so it's cool and hip." - Rfit Magazine, Rich Horton - 10/2..."...they know how to write a pop song so it's cool and hip."
  - Rfit Magazine, Rich Horton - 10/29/2006

• Nicely Layered Harmonies [+ Show ]
  

  "Perfectly Good Airplanes is chock full of catchy hooks, bouncy rhythms, nicely layered harmonies an..."Perfectly Good Airplanes is chock full of catchy hooks, bouncy rhythms, nicely layered harmonies and infectious music that will make nearly any pop lover smile."
  

Setlist

Mighty Fairly usually plays 45 minutes to 1 and a half hours of music. They rarely play covers.
Set List:
1. It's A Shame
2. Wake Up
3. Do you
4. Like A Ghost
5. Bitter
6. Follow Your Heart
7. Close
8. Movin' On
9. Give Up
10. Need A Little Help
11. Lackluster
12. Dosage
13. In The Shadow
14. Noel
15. Superheroes
16. Last Stand Started

Basic Requirements

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