* En anglais uniquement
Indie rock band
Mason Proper formed in Alpena, MI, in 2003, and include Jonathan Visgr (vocals, guitar, keyboard), Matt Thomson (keyboard, guitar), Zac Fineberg (bass), Brian Konicek (guitar), and Jesse Parsons (drums). Originally going under the name
Patterns in Paris, the bandmembers relocated within the state to Ypsilanti and switched their name to
Mason Proper. January 2006 saw a self-release of their debut album, There Is a Moth in Your Chest, featuring cover art by
Aaron Burtch of
Grandaddy. Following label interest in mid-2006, the band settled with New York's Dovecote Records. The label issued a reworked version of There Is a Moth in Your Chest in March 2007. ~ Kenyon Hopkin