Consonant (band)

{{Short description|American alternative rock band}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Consonant

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| origin = Boston, Massachusetts

| genre = Alternative rock

| years_active = 2001–?

| label = Fenway

| associated_acts = Mission of Burma, Come, Codeine, Bedhead, The New Year

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| current_members = Clint Conley
Chris Brokaw
Winston Braman
Matt Kadane

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Consonant is an alternative rock group formed by American musician Clint Conley in 2001.

In the late 1970s, Conley cofounded Mission of Burma, a pioneering Boston post punk group, playing bass guitar and singing lead vocals on many songs. Mission of Burma broke up in 1983. While his former bandmates moved on to various projects, Conley mostly dropped out of music for the 1980s and 1990s. In the late 1990s Conley began writing songs again, often with input from poet Holly Anderson.

Conley formed Consonant in 2001, along with guitarist Chris Brokaw (Come, Codeine),{{Cite news|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|title=CONSONANT "Love and Affliction"|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/12/12/consonant-love-and-afflic/d1b229e5-b2af-4528-9682-01b371ee35cb/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=April 16, 2020}} bassist Winston Braman (Fuzzy), and drummer Matt Kadane (previously of Bedhead).{{Cite web|last=Chamy|first=Michael|title=Consonant: Love and Affliction (Fenway)|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2004-03-19/202837/|work=The Austin Chronicle|date=March 19, 2004|access-date=April 16, 2020}}

Though Consonant was notably less experimental than Mission of Burma,{{Cite web|last=Dahlen|first=Chris|title=Consonant: Consonant|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1587-consonant/|work=Pitchfork|date=July 2, 2002|access-date=February 5, 2020}} critic Mark Deming declared the new band "a fine return to the spotlight for Conley".{{Cite web|last=Dening|first=Mark|title=Consonant - Consonant|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/consonant-mw0000217573|work=Allmusic|access-date=April 16, 2020}}