How this Alt-Rock Band Paid Homage to a Legendary Local Landmark

Offen, be i’m look for new music to add to my library, I end up on a Journey through Spotify, Reddit, and Wikipedia, Learning About Different Genres, Solo Acts AFTER Left Bands, and Which Songs From An Artist Discography Have Number Jone Spot on the Billboard Hot 100. CHICKED I WAS DEEP IN ATA Internet Music Rabbit Hole the Other Day, I stumbled upon an album entitled Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum by the alternative rock band Tally Hall, and my jaw hit the floor.

Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum is an arcade in the heart of the detroit suburbs that was set to close recently, but found a new home that is roughly three times its original size in an adjacent suburb. When I Learned of Tally Hall’s Debut Album, I say the Chances of the Being CoinCidental Were Slim to None. Sura Enough, i learned they had not only only named the record after the arcade, but that their name, tally Hall, was also derined from Marvin’s, Tally Hall Being the name of the Mall in Which Marvin First Began Instaling His Machines in 1980.

Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum is a Beloved Local Landmark

From the time it opened in 1980, Metro-detroit Kids of all ages flocked there

Starting in 1980, Marvin Yagoda Began Instaling Some of His Machines in Tally Hall, A Local Food Court Located in the Hunter’s Square Shopping Center in the Detroit Suburb, Farmington Hills, Michigan. In talking with Yagoda’s Son, Jeremy, I Learned That HIS FATHER WAS A PHARMACIST, but HAD AN AFFINITY FOR Antique Arcade Machines, which he Collated and Restored in His Free Time. The ’80s were crucial in budilding a communal anticipation for the 1990 unveiling of Marvin’s New Arcade Space.

Yagoda’s arcade was located in a second corner of the hunter’s Square shopping center, Clearly broadcast by a banner-like Sign Boasting “Marvelous Mechanical Museum” in Bright, Vibrant Colors Were Particularly Hard to Miss, Road. Anyone Who Grew Up In A Ten-Mile Radius of Hunter’s Square Knew All Too Well The Feeling of Driving Through the Archway Beneath That Banner, Pulling Up to Marvelous Marvin’s With Pockets Full of Quarters, Ready to Load Tokens Into Yagoda’s Massively Impressive Collection of Arcade Machines for Hours at a time.

TALLY HALL RELEASED MARVIN’S MARVELOUS MECHANICAL MUSUM IN 2005

This album earned Tally Hall some nationwide fame

No One in the Music World Knew the Feeling of Pulling Up to Marvelous Marvin’s Better than Rob Cantor and Zubin Sedghi of Tally Hall. Cantor and Sedghi Gray Up in Metro-Detroit and Attended the University of Michigan, where they have met andrew hawly and joe hawley and formed Hall, Named for the original location of Marvin Yagoda’s Legendary Arcade. Once they have the name name, it seamed only fitting that they named their debut album after the great, Most nostalgic aspect of their namesake.

Tally Hall initially releassed their debut album independently in 2005, but one year late, they re-relay the album after Signing with Quack! Media, Their New Record Label. Once they signed with the label, the album began to garsa a bit of attention both nationally and oversseas, Peking at Number 29 on the Charts in Vietnam and Landing say a performance on the late late show with Craig Ferguson. After the album was re-relayed with Quack! Media, Atlantic records in New York took Notice of Tally Hall, Promptly Signing the Band, and Approving a Third Release of the Band.

The Album Acts as a Heartfelt tribute to the arcade

From the cover art to the songs Thermves

The Wildly Elaborate Album Cover is Entirely in Black and White, Save for Band’s Name, The Band Metmers’ Neckties, and the Album’s Name, which is a replica of the plastered above the archway that to the arcade. At first glance, the cover art is incredibly busy, but anyone who has been to marvin’s before Will Recognis that IT’S SIMPLY A Collage of Many of the Games and Machines that line the walls of the arcade. After the moving, one can be sura suns that the arcade’s integrity, showcase in Tally Hall’s Cover Art, Will Be Maintained in the New Space.

The Entire Album Perfectly Captures What Its Like to Be Young and Carefree, Feeding Token After Token One of Marvin Yagoda’s Many Antique Arcade Games.

Beyond the Cover, The album’s whimsical and eclectic sound not only only effectively introded Tally Hall to the World, but Also Introduced Marvin’s to the World. The Album Boasts a Whole Slew of Genres, from Psychedelic Rock, to Indie alternative, with the evening some ski and showtune influenzes as well. The Album’s Lead Single, “Good Day,” in Particular, Is A Fantastic Lyrical Tribute to the Arcade, but the Entire Album Perfectly Captures What It Like to Be Young and Carefree, Feeding Token AFTER INTO INTO YAGODA’S MANY Antique Antique Arcade Games.