MFT is curating a local, summer concert series in Broad Ripple Park!
May 24 features: Margot & The Nuclear So and So's, Gentleman Caller, and Everything, Now! - Reserve Tickets
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MFT is curating a local, summer concert series in Broad Ripple Park!
May 24 features: Margot & The Nuclear So and So's, Gentleman Caller, and Everything, Now! - Reserve Tickets
Sponsored by:
Nine Different Kinds of Gone:
A Tribute to Kenny Childers
Now available on limited-edition double-vinyl from MFT!
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Press Release

Total Request: 54880 (46797 downloads, 8083 plays)
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Location: Bloomington, Indiana
Categorized as: Alt-Rock
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About:Led by the husband-and-wife team of singer/guitarist Jake Smith and drummer Freda Love (both formerly of Antenna), the Bloomington, Indiana-based alternative pop band the Mysteries of Life also comprised keyboardist Dale Lawrence, celloist Geraldine Haas, bassist Kenny Childers and drummer LonPaul Ellrich. After debuting with the single "Kira," the group signed to RCA to issue their 1996 LP Keep a Secret; following a pair of indie label EPs, Focus on the Background and Anonymous Tip, the Mysteries of Life resurfaced with the full-length Come Clean in 1998. They later released the superb "Distant Relative" on in-house record label No Nostalgia in 2001. Released "Beginning To Move" in 2006 on Affirmitive/MFT. Currently Jake and Freda live in Nottingham England and continue to play and record. A new album of recordings is expected in 2008.

A selection of some of our favorite Mysteries of Life songs from all their albums.

Released 2006 on Affirmation/MFT

2001, No Nostaglia Records, Released 2001 on No Nostolgia

Recorded for the Come Clean album on RCA.

Transferred from Cassette tape


Recorded by Chris Menkhaus


Recorded by Chris Menkhaus
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