At the heart of the Marato are the simple things: careful songwriting and a unique sense of musical fusion. The band is named after a promiscuous great dane. The Marato aesthetic finds itself lodged in pop music's throat- stuck somewhere between math-rock and prog-punk. The band attributes their broad sound to a collection of influences: Television, the Police, Fugazi, Wooden Stars, Blonde Redhead, Don Caballero, Les Savy Fav; the taste lingers while the record speaks for itself. Dirty Stories, the debut record by the Marato, features 6 tracks, recorded and engineered by Howard Bilerman and Murray Lightburn (The Dears). The songs reflect the group's mindset: finding the chaos in order, the dissonance hidden in melody. The Marato are no more but live on in related project: Poorfolk. Goto: www.whitewhale.ca for more info.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW:
Ben and Samir have been busy working on documentary films. Their most well known work is Discordia - the documentary on the Concordia riot from a few years back.