Mumpsy

Mumpsy is a folk-pop indie rock band from Orlando, Florida. After forming in 2005, the band released their debut album, "The Exuberance of Peachtree", in July 2005. Formerly a project primarily managed and operated by singer/songwriter Jeff Ilgenfritz, other members joined in December 2006 for a national tour in support of their second EP, "3 People", which was released in April 2007. Embarking on an East Coast tour of the US that was billed as "Three Bands in One Van," Mumpsy joined Post Records labelmates Dodger and Sean Moore in a May 2007 outing. Mumpsy also played at the annual Las Vegas Cinevegas at the Stratosphere Hotel on June 11, 2007 as per an "Ocean's 13" after-party.

On Halloween 2007, Mumpsy released an album of 13 cover songs by the Misfits as part of a fundraiser for the Autism Society of Greater Orlando. The event was held at a local community bar, the Copper Rocket, wherein the proceeds from the performance were donated to the organization, as well as money collected from monetary contributions and from a silent auction on the original artwork. The album artwork was made entirely from felt fabrics, created by Ilgenfritz, which featured the famous Misfits Crimson Ghost logo. However, it was stolen moments before a silent auction could be held.

Since the October show Ilgenfritz worked on a new LP, named after the opening track "Cat and Canary", which was released in April 2008. He wrote, recorded, and produced the entire album and as with previous albums, enlisted a host of local Orlando musicians to contribute on many of the tracks.

External links

* [http://www.post-records.com/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=27 Mumpsy at Post*Records]
*myspace|Mumpsy
* [http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_music_blog/2007/06/mumpsy_goes_to_.html Mumpsy goes to Vegas...]
* [http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_music_blog/2007/06/mumpsy_in_vegas.html Mumpsy in Vegas]
* [http://www.copperrocketpub.com The Copper Rocket Pub]