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MEMBERS

Evelyn Hurley,

Mark Robinson

SOMETIMES MEMBERS

Cardinal Robinson,

Dutch Robinson

HOMETOWN

Boston, Massachusetts

MOST POPULAR

Fantastic & Spectacular
Off-the-Hook & Out-of-Control
Top-Notch & First-Rate

GREATEST HITS

Bumblebee Tuna
Fantastic & Spectacular
Hot Wieners (All the Way)
Invisible Kisses
Meow Mix

ALSO

Mark/Evelyn's American Top 41

COTTON CANDY on Facebook

Mark's design studio

DESCRIPTION

Cotton Candy is Mark Robinson (from the bands UNREST, AIR MIAMI, FLIN FLON) and Evelyn Hurley (BLAST OFF COUNTRY STYLE, HOT PURSUIT). They perform a potpourri of genrés - from indie-pop to electronic-pop to hard rock. They also show off their advertising jingle chops with covers of rare radio and TV commercials.

Mark and Evelyn also run the Teen-Beat label. Brightest Young Things said "Cotton Candy was absolutely the highlight of the night for me."

RELATED ARTISTS

AIR MIAMI (Mark)

BLAST OFF COUNTRY STYLE (Evelyn)

FANG WIZARD (Mark)

FLIN FLON (Mark)

HOT PURSUIT (Evelyn)

UNREST (Mark)

Evelyn and Mark
Photo by Cardinal Robinson
[download high resolution file]

Mark and Evelyn
Photo by Mark Robinson

Evelyn at the Rock-a-fire Explosion premiere at the Kendall Square Cinema, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Photo by Mark Robinson

Evelyn, Mark [L to R]
Photo by Evelyn Hurley

FILM

MEOW MIX (SHORT FILM)

Part three in Cotton Candy's Short Film Series [Teen-Beat 507].

LIVE AT HARVARD STADIUM (CONCERT FILM)

The duo performs one night only in front of a standing room-only crowd.

BUMBLEBEE TUNA (SHORT FILM) [CRT]

Part two in Cotton Candy's Short Film Series [Teen-Beat 507].

ON THE B.J. RUBIN SHOW (TV PROGRAM)

Directed by B.J. Rubin at the MNN TV studio, New York, NY, December 24, 2011.

DESCRIPTION

Teen-Beat's Mark Robinson & Evelyn Hurley have a unique, silly band that concentrates on miniatures. They jump up & sing little 20 second jingles all around Boston, often a capella. Some of the tunes are mid-70s tv breaks for toys or margarine, while others are contemporary commercials for local businesses (and I'm excessively proud to say that Weirdo is one of them). Once in a while they'll also have a tiny tune about something else altogether. Beautiful, crisp vocals, and cheery harmonies, crazy thick echo. When Evelyn says 'It's not nice to fool Mother Nature' and then makes tiny little explosion noises with her mouth, I guarantee you'll be charmed.
- Angela Sawyer, Weirdo Records, January 14, 2013

BIOGRAPHY

Cotton Candy is Mark Robinson (from the bands UNREST, AIR MIAMI, GRENADINE, FLIN FLON) and Evelyn Hurley (BLAST OFF COUNTRY STYLE). This album has 27 tracks! It is a potpourri of genrés - from indie-pop to electronic-pop to hard rock. They also show off their advertising jingle chops with covers of rare radio and TV commercials. They were in Believer Magazine's 2009 Music Issue and collaborated with DAVID SHRIGLEY on Tomlab's "Worried Noodles" collection. The title track is used in a Radio Shack commercial. Mark and Evelyn also run the Teen-Beat label. Brightest Young Things said "Cotton Candy was absolutely the highlight of the night for me."

The Sound of Indie said about Mark: "Mark Robinson performing live in any form is solid gold."

DISCOGRAPHY

SINGLES

Fantastic & Spectacular
split single with American Hearts

ALBUMS

A Souvenir Album
Top-Notch & First-Rate
Off-the-Hook & Out-of-Control
Legal I.D.

COMPILATIONS

Worried Noodles
Teen-Beat No.1 Record Label
The Believer Music Issue 2009
2010 Teen-Beat / Other Music Sampler
Teen-Beat Holiday Card 2010/2011

ALSO

Cotton Candy poster
Cotton Candy badges
UNREST: Teen-Beat 26th Anniversary
Teen-Beat Checklist Cards [set of five]
Cotton Candy Short Film Series
Mark/Evelyn's American Top 41 radio show
The Concerts for Nancy

RELATED

Air Miami
Blast Off Country Style
Fang Wizard
Flin Flon
Hot Pursuit
Unrest

SONGS

A Better Way
A Brand New Group
A Pleasant Tomorrow
A Sentimental Song
Al's Sound Center
Anderson McQuaid
Aristophanes
The Battle of the Bands
Beef, It's What's for Dinner
Bickford's
Brylcreem
Bumblebee Tuna
Bumblebee Tuna {Version}
Canobie Lake Again
Canobie Lake Park
Carnation Instant Breakfast
Charlie by Revlon
Chiffon Margarine
Citizens' Bank of Maryland
Clap On, Clap Off
Come to Chevy City
Compulsory & Auditory
Cosmetic Center
Cotton Candy Teen-Beat 494 Off-the-Hook
& Out-of-Control Let's Go!
The Country Continentals
Donnagel
Doodle
The End of the Beginning
Fanci Pantz
Fanci Pantz (Karaoke Version)
Fantastic & Spectacular
Grey Poupon
Gulden Draak Mock
Hot Wieners (All the Way)
Hot Wieners (N.Y. System)
I Can't Believe it's Not Butter
The Ideal Manufacturing Company
Imagine That!
Imagine That! (Karaoke Version)
Invisible Kisses
It Can Only Be Jared
Jerry's Ford
Jhoon Rhee Self Defense
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Let it Be Lowenbrau
Lite-Brite
Lite-Brite {Reprise}
Mark Robinson
M-A-U-R-A
Meow Mix
The Mount Vernon Restaurant
Off-the-Hook
Ourisman Chevrolet
Out-of-Control
Pickwick
Pickwick (Karaoke Version)
Pregnant Beekeeper
Ritter Sport
Ritter Sport (Karaoke Version)
Rolo
Roxy Music Beehive
Salad Shooter
Saturn's Rings
Sincere Pretension
Sincere Pretension (Karaoke Version)
The Spirit of Massachusetts
Star Wars Main Title
Strudel Zum Toast-It
Sugar in Their Vitamins?!
Teen-Beat 457 [the audio commercial]
That Was Swedish
That Was Swedish (Karaoke Version)
This is the End
Thompson's Clam Bar
Tint Control & Fine Tuning
Top-Notch & First-Rate
Top-Notch & First-Rate (Karaoke Version)
Traniwreck
Under the Command
The Union Square Round Table
Water Country
Weirdo Records
Whatever Hartford
Whatever Hartford (Karaoke Version)
W-F-M-U
WJIB AM 740
WJIB AM 740 (Good Music)
The Windsor Tap Recap
The Windsor Tap Recap (Karaoke Version)
W-M-B-R
W-M-F-U
Woodward's
W-Z-B-C
You Are Creepy