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Clones of the Queen was a three-piece dream-pop band based in Honolulu, Hawai’i featuring Ara Laylo on lead vocals, Paul Bajcar on guitar, and Matthew McVickar on drums and electronics. Notably, they were selected by lead singer Robert Smith to open for The Cure at Blaisdell Arena in July 2013.
They started jamming together in the summer of 2009 in an old bank vault above a coffee shop, played regularly for years around Honolulu, and self-released three EPs. They opened for Toro Y Moi, of Montreal, Menomena, Diplo, Little Dragon, and Warpaint, and, most notably, The Cure. They disbanded in 2013.
The trio delivers powerful songs about the personal and political, combining strong vocals, stormy percussion, and heavily-effected guitar lines and synth loops. Clones of the Queen derive their band name from the ant species Mycocepurus smithii, in which every individual is a genetic duplicate of the queen. All of their music is free to download from their website.
Over four years, the band played in tons of Honolulu venues, including Waikiki’s Hard Rock Cafe, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, and the Contemporary Museum of Honolulu. The band was featured dozens of times in local papers and was named as the Best Band in Honolulu by the Boston Phoenix for their yearly Best New Bands in America feature in 2011.
They started jamming together in the summer of 2009 in an old bank vault above a coffee shop, played regularly for years around Honolulu, and self-released three EPs. They opened for Toro Y Moi, of Montreal, Menomena, Diplo, Little Dragon, and Warpaint, and, most notably, The Cure. They disbanded in 2013.
The trio delivers powerful songs about the personal and political, combining strong vocals, stormy percussion, and heavily-effected guitar lines and synth loops. Clones of the Queen derive their band name from the ant species Mycocepurus smithii, in which every individual is a genetic duplicate of the queen. All of their music is free to download from their website.
Over four years, the band played in tons of Honolulu venues, including Waikiki’s Hard Rock Cafe, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, and the Contemporary Museum of Honolulu. The band was featured dozens of times in local papers and was named as the Best Band in Honolulu by the Boston Phoenix for their yearly Best New Bands in America feature in 2011.
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