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When MNDR performed recently at Santos Party House, Pitchfork’s Tunnelvision crew was there to capture the show and find out a couple details about how the live show came together. Check out the video here.

MNDR was given Pitchforks’s “Best New Music” stamp in their review of “I Go Away” from her debut EP.

Brooklyn’s Amanda Warner makes dynamic electro-pop under the moniker MNDR, and she’s been building buzz with her project while also working with folks like Mark Ronson. “I Go Away”, a major highlight from the her debut EP, E.P.E., is filled with distinctive synths that melt all over a spare, echoing drum beat like a candy house left out in the hot sun. It’s a serious slow-dance pop confection, but Warner keeps a clear head lyrically. “I Go Away” initially sounds like a post-relationship-fallout slow burner, as she asks, “How did I get here/ Without feeling anything”. Soon, though, you realize that she isn’t calming down– she’s getting pumped up. “This is my anthem/ I know it like I know everything”, Warner softly declares, as if she’s getting ready to step out in front of the curtain, before letting out titular squeaks during a chorus that favorably evokes Santigold as the track builds to its cathartic peak.

Take a listen for yourself here.

MNDR‘s track “Fade to Black” was reviewed and featured on Pitchfork.com’s Forkcast.

MNDR is a one-woman DJ/producer/electronic artist who’s recently remixed Major Lazer’s “Pon de Floor” and now is working on her debut full-length. Not sure if this cut will find its way to that release, but as catchy as this fractured electro-pop tune is, it could certainly seem to be a candidate for one of the album’s singles. Check out a few more tunes at MNDR’s MySpace.

Take a listen here.

 
 
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