Ice Balloons

Ice Balloons are a hodgepodge of musicians -Sean Powell (FuckEmos), Kyp Malone (TV on the Radio), Dan Scinta, Rob Bryn (Wild Yaks) Giselle Reiber (Midnight Masses), B.A. Miale and a common fly on vocals – but more in a garage punk synth-noise vein than any of the bands from which the members derive. In live shows Ice Balloons strive for maximum spectacle, with video projections (B.A. Miale), piña-colada scented smoke and a whirl of chaotic noises, all grounded by a 60’s garage punk skeleton. read more…

Brooklyn Based Ice Balloons’ eight-song debut EP came out in October of 2013, featuring the track Night Slave that had a video release on Vice/Noisey the following month. The band is a hodgepodge of musicians -Sean Powell (FuckEmos), Kyp Malone (TV on the Radio), Dan Scinta, Rob Bryn (Wild Yaks) Giselle Reiber (Midnight Masses), B.A. Miale and a common fly on vocals – but more in a garage punk synth-noise vein than any of the bands from which the members derive.
In live shows, Ice Balloons strive for maximum spectacle, with video projections (B.A. Miale), piña-colada scented smoke and a whirl of chaotic noises, all grounded by a 60’s garage punk skeleton.

10 Best Bands of 2013 –New York Observer

“brilliant band of bizarros” –Village Voice

“This lurching, fuzzed-out act – fronted, naturally by a half-man, half fly creature–is just the thing to make you feel you’ve stepped into another dimension.” –New York Observer

“el futuro de la musica” –Indie Rocks, Mexico

News

• Noisey premiers the new Ice Balloons video featuring Bruce Lee (kind of) Oct 6, 2014
• Ice Baloons show at Cactus Club is featured on Milwaukee Magazine's Music Notes May 12, 2014
• The Minimal Beat reviews Ice Balloons show at the Empty Bottle Apr 3, 2014
• Ice Balloons' "Dragonfly" featured on Chicago Reader's 12 O'Clock Track Mar 10, 2014
• KXUA interviews Ice Balloons Mar 7, 2014
• Ice Balloons featured in New York Observer's The Best Bands of 2013 Dec 20, 2013
• Noisey premieres Ice Balloons' "Night Slave" Nov 27, 2013