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Howth (Record Release Show)
Friend Roulette
Sun, May 6, 2012
Doors: 7:00 pm
Mercury Lounge
New York, NY
$10
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This event is 21 and over
http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/event/110643/
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Howth - (Set time: 8:30 PM)
Howth is the love child of singer-songwriter Carl Creighton and long-time collaborator Blake Luley. With the addition of Luley's high school bandmate Neil Acharya on bass, girlfriend Aviva Stampfer on keys and the legendary Jeremy Duvall (Airwaves, ex-Motel Motel) on drums, Howth has come far from its folky roots.
"He’s (lead singer Carl Creighton) got a cavernous, expressive, impressive voice, which helps transport his and Blake Luley’s intricate guitar work into the realm of the unearthly."
- The Big Takeover
"These songs that you're listening to, or are about to listen to, are documents of what happens when there's nothing standing between us and something like an immeasurable surplus of possibilities."
- Daytrotter
"There’s a warm intimacy at work in their Fleet Foxes-esque sound"
- Paste
"He’s (lead singer Carl Creighton) got a cavernous, expressive, impressive voice, which helps transport his and Blake Luley’s intricate guitar work into the realm of the unearthly."
- The Big Takeover
"These songs that you're listening to, or are about to listen to, are documents of what happens when there's nothing standing between us and something like an immeasurable surplus of possibilities."
- Daytrotter
"There’s a warm intimacy at work in their Fleet Foxes-esque sound"
- Paste
Friend Roulette - (Set time: 7:30 PM)
"Brooklyn's most whimsical chamber pop outfit"- L Magazine
"Their songs are eclectically and musical in the purest sense of the word, the way Van Dyke Parks's music is real musician's stuff." - The Austinist SXSW review
"Friend Roulette never gives away the plot, but the distinct pleasure of discovering their dreamy Cabaret texture is enough to keep your ears duly occupied during the journey. - THE DELI
Friend Roulette has been adding members to their ding dang of musical friends since John got back from summer camp. Sounding like a concoction of Van Dyke Parks, Robert Wyatt and Aaliyah, Friend Roulette creates somewhat of an whimsical psychedelic chamber pop con cojones. With 2 drummers, violin, bass clarinet, ewi (electronic wind instrument) & the occasional string quartet, its a ding dang of a live show.
"Their songs are eclectically and musical in the purest sense of the word, the way Van Dyke Parks's music is real musician's stuff." - The Austinist SXSW review
"Friend Roulette never gives away the plot, but the distinct pleasure of discovering their dreamy Cabaret texture is enough to keep your ears duly occupied during the journey. - THE DELI
Friend Roulette has been adding members to their ding dang of musical friends since John got back from summer camp. Sounding like a concoction of Van Dyke Parks, Robert Wyatt and Aaliyah, Friend Roulette creates somewhat of an whimsical psychedelic chamber pop con cojones. With 2 drummers, violin, bass clarinet, ewi (electronic wind instrument) & the occasional string quartet, its a ding dang of a live show.
