Article: CD REVIEW: Great Lakes Myth Society solid on 'Compass Rose Society'

Matt Roney
University Wire
06-04-2007
(Michigan Daily) (U-WIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Initially performing as the Original Brothers and Sisters of Love, the band now known as the Great Lakes Myth Society has been a presence in Ann Arbor, Mich., since 1996 when brothers Jamie and Tim Monger moved here from Brighton, Mich. After two well-received albums, the bankruptcy of its label and a shuffling of personnel, the group agreed upon a name change.

Establishing it as "a folk-rock band that actually rocks" according to Mark Deming of the All Music Guide, the group's 2005 self-titled debut as GLMS was an incendiary blend of nostalgic down-home folk and joyous arena rock -- a style dubbed "Northern ...

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