The Mammal Eggs don't want to be famous.
"We do everything possible not to promote ourselves," violinist Rosie Hutchinson said. "It's sort of uncomfortable to have admiration from people you don't know."
The Mammal Eggs are an experimental rock band that formed at UNM. They are working on their first album.
Guitarist Keith Galler said the band's music speaks for itself, and there is no need for outside promotion.
"(The music) is its promotion," he said.
Galler and Drake Harden, the band's banjo and maraca player, met Hutchinson at the Duck Pond a couple of years ago.
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Galler said the Mammal Eggs just came together.
Although the band has made music together and performed shows for two years, it is just starting to work on its first album.
There are a few reasons for that: Harden and Galler said they want to do it with only analog equipment, and that the violin is a notoriously difficult instrument to record.
Hutchinson said another reason is that there were not enough people for the recording process.
"If all three of us are playing, who's going to press the buttons?" she said.
Galler said the album has been a long time coming and that recording is the band's first priority.
Hutchinson said Harden bought a 15-track analog recording device that looks like a washing machine and will record the band's album with it.
The Mammal Eggs have been through a lot together, including a U.S. tour that was not always successful.
The band once played at a house in Montana where only two people showed up, Hutchinson said.
The Mammal Eggs shared the stage with other local acts, including Sexface, Fando and Potty Mouth Sherry's.
Hutchinson said the band was invited to open for indie rock legends the Microphones at the Launchpad, but the Microphones canceled at the last minute.
The band also performs at private residences, she said.
"House shows are nicer because people seem more relaxed and chilled out and have more of a chance to interact with the band," she said.
Hutchinson said most of the band's performances are improvisational.
"We just jam out and noodle around, and someone gets fixated (on a particular note or sound) and we just take it from there," she said.
The Mammal Eggs' album will be available on vinyl and CD. It will be sold at their shows, but don't expect to see promotional fliers all over the place.
"We leave them on my desk and forget to hang them up," Hutchinson said. "Our band is not that cool."
For more information on The Mammal Eggs, visit their MySpace page.
