Miss Fairchild is... Daddy Wrall (vocals) Schuyler Dunlap (instruments) Trick Johnson (bass) Todd “The Rocket” Richard (drums) Sammy Bananas (production)
Influences
Sly and The Family Stone, The Time, Tony Toni Tone, Beck, The Neptunes
Sounds Like
"The band channels Sly and the Family Stone and Prince into upbeat retro R&B anthems, guaranteed to swing some hips." - The Boston Globe
“Vanilla Place,” shows off nearly all the band’s appeal in less than four minutes: bright layered melodies, funky rhythms, and lead singer Daddy Wrall’s charming, El DeBarge-like vocals.” -Idolator
"They are 100% committed to a rump-shakin' dancefloor party, no wink-wink-nudge-nudge attached." - 3Hive
"Miss Fairchild, a band of white boys from New England with enough soul to take on Parliament toe to toe....Their album "Ooh La La Sha Sha", is chock full of of feel good get downs, utilizing horns, flutes, and ofcourse the funkiest basslines this side of Kool and the Gang. Fans of the Scissor Sisters, Sly and the Family Stone, and Midnite Vultures era Beck will find something to love here." - Asltron
“Imagine if Prince (from the Beautiful Experience era) and JT (minus the nsyncers) hooked up to make an album. It would have mad sassy, make-you-wanna-pour-milk-all-over-your-body kind of consequences… Miss Fairchild is creamy and smooth like the milkshake you never want to stop sucking on.” - The Boston Phoenix
“It’s rare to hear a band having so much fun on record. And that doesn’t even come close to the sexual explosion of their live show. They put on one of my favorite shows I’ve ever seen.” - Music For Robots
“There’s something very endearing about Miss Fairchild’s Kitchen-Sink approach to Pop.” - Urb
COMING September 30th! Won't Be Your Kept Woman EP
OOH LA LA, SHA SHA!! New Album Out Now! Click on the Image to Buy/Download
Early praise for Ooh La La, Sha Sha...
The band channels Sly and the Family Stone and Prince into upbeat retro R&B anthems, guaranteed to swing some hips. -The Boston Globe
It's rare to hear a band having so much fun on record. And that doesn't even come close to the sexual explosion of their live show. They put on one of my favorite shows I've ever seen.
-Music for Robots
"Vanilla Place" shows off nearly all the band's appeal in less than four minutes: bright layered melodies, funky rhythms, and lead singer Daddy Wrall's charming, El DeBarge-like vocals. -Idolator
Nantucket Island, best known these days as a playground for the rich and famous, might seem an unlikely incubator for a pop band. But for decades, the island has also been a haven for a community of artists and musicians, a creative milieu that helped bring the creative talent Miss Fairchild to fruition. On a Grey Lady overrun by strangers, the band learned to stay local at heart, while beginning to craft songs that spoke to a timeless sense of modernity.
As young boys, the band learned to sing and play in the island's churches. Singer Daddy Wrall, the son of a Congregational minister, recruited instrumentalist Schuyler Dunlap and producer Sammy Bananas to be the backup band for Sunday services. Using their knowledge of pop music garnered from the only two radio stations available, Casey Casem's top 40 and Sandy Beach's oldies show, the boys crafted arrangements of modern and classic pop and soul in a welcoming environment, covering songs by the likes of Prince, Sly & The Family Stone, Tony Toni Toné and Arrested Development.
Having honed their songwriting and arranging skills in bars and happenings, these three recruited drummer Todd "The Rocket" Richard and bassist Trick Johnson, and set sail for America, land of opportunity – Homemade Superstars on a homemade sailboat of pop music. The past year has seen Miss Fairchild tour extensively throughout the United States and Canada and have their hit song, "Vanilla Place" featured on MTV's The Real World: Hollywood. Yet wherever they travel, the band is embraced as local. Armed with their island-grown sense of community, they are welcomed by fans everywhere who claim them as their own.
Autumn 2008 sees Miss Fairchild's fourth release, Won't Be Your Kept Woman, a pop record which displays a new sense of confidence and purpose. Delivered with the same energy and fun of 2007's pop funk LP Ooh La La, Sha Sha, the new record displays traces of the bands Miss Fairchild covered in their youth. From the stomps and claps of "Kept Woman" and the sing-a-long of "Excuse Me, Sister" to the angst of "I Heard," the songs on WBYKW have universal appeal. With this release, these locals prove that in a world so cold, there's nothing like a little home cooking.
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hey guys you were INCREDIBLE at the Apple Betty CD release party - def. my favorite opening band you were such a pleasant surprise!!! your music has stayed stuck in my head since that night & your smooth moves onstage won't be forgotten soon!
Sweet! You were on MTV!!!! I see you're playing in Brooklyn.. I won't be there but I've got a few friends I'm trying to send your way... spread the love!
