Matt Menovcik of Vinca Minor Talks About Flowers and Music With Absolute Punk

Seattle's Matt Menovcik loves flowers. Listening to his moody but beautiful music, under the moniker Vinca Minor, flowers are probably not the first thing that comes to mind. In an interview with Absolute Punk Menovcik talks about how the name Vinca Minor comes from the name of a flower and how an essence of that flower influences his music.

"This is the name for the lesser periwinkle, which produces violet-purple flowers. This species is less aggressive than the Vinca Major species. The flowers are solitary in the leaf axils, though form large colonies as ground cover. Do I think we are ground cover? No. Do I think we are solitary in the midst of a colony? I think the music on this album is very lonely and “isolated”. I am very aware of us being solitary beings in a larger colony. I think flowers are beautiful and I am a big fan of beauty."

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Vinca Minor's Matt Menovcik talks to Delusions of Adequacy

Vinca Minor's Matt Menovcik speaks to Delusions of Adequacy about his album Isolation and so much more.

"In a world where most musicians are stuck in their own head, contemplating ideas of existentialism and other frivolous thoughts, it is always refreshing to meet someone who is genuinely trying to make it out there. Vinca Minor's Matt Menovcik may wake up to the music of Brian Eno and he may appreciate movie soundtracks but the electronic/post-rock/classical composer is very much a working-man’s musician. Following the success of his solid album Isolation, he took time out to sit with DOA to discuss what his music means to him, what film music possesses and what his future plans are."

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