Josh Seidenfeld, vocals and guitar; Gina Montel, drums; Jack Passion, bass
Oliver Future is the backing band on the record. OF is: Noah Lit, guitar, backing vox, and production; Jesse Ingals, bass (electric and upright) and absolute sense of musical direction; Jordan Richardson, drums and oh my god it hurts in the most delicious way; Josh Lit, keys and gorgeous sounds; check them out at http://myspace.com/oliverfuture
Influences
bowie, tom waits, louis armstrong, beatles, white stripes, the flaming lips, david garza, fiona apple, aphex twin, duke ellington, john stewart and stephen colbert, rufus wainwright, iggy pop, m. ward, franz ferdinand, the clash, wilco, jimi hendrix, muddy waters, radiohead, dylan, stones, pj harvey, mingus, black crowes, oliver future, billy joel, coltrane, guns and roses, old lenny kravitz, the pixies, blur, bjork, hank williams sr., robert johnson, the mountain goats, phillip glass, prince, queen, django reinhardt, sigur ros, stevie wonder, U2, andrew lloyd weber
Sounds Like
Boy In The Bubble plays with one foot in the present and another planted solidly in the past. About half of the songs are raw rockers -- imagine a West Side Story knife fight between the children of Bowie, the Beatles, the Kinks, the Stones and T. Rex in one gang and Beck, Rufus Wainright, Radiohead, the White Stripes and PJ Harvey in the other (its sweaty and it might hurt a little, but its mostly just for fun.) ///---/// The rest of the songs are quieter: songs like "Stroll the Sun" are, well, a little like walking in space. That means lyrics that are both ambitious and simple, and songs that feel like the Flaming Lips, M. Ward, Josh Ritter, and sometimes even Joanna Newsom.
“Boy in the Bubble play an arresting game of musical hopscotch…Alternating between soft and sighing, loud and sloppy, [singer Josh Seidenfeld] knows exactly where he's going—and he's intent on taking us with him. Call Songs From the City on the Sun indie-rock at a burlesque show. Call it David Bowie on the verge of a meltdown. Call it what you like, but don't miss this Sun set.”
– Performing Songwriter
for booking, please contact Aaron Perkins at Hannibal Agency: aaron (at) hannibalagency.com
for licensing, please contact Carianne Brown at Songs Publishing: cbrown (at) songspub.com
Download the record that garnered recent play on "Morning Becomes Eclectic" right here:
Totally dug your show at the RDL. Great set (love your frontman energy, love the band), cool special guests, and the Bee Gees! My kinda night. Will hit ya up later to talk more. Have a great tour.
yo josh! looks like you've been doing great, that's good to see. i'll catch your show soon, bro. check this out, we're putting on a festivus for the rest of us...
..Presenting.... [da, da DAH!!] our debut album... Gringolandia!
Please come celebrate with us and get your dance on at our album release festival on AUGUST 8 (08-08-08) at ASHKENAZ in Berkeley!!
It will feature performances by Last Legal Magic, Abdoulaye Diakate, MamaCoatl, and traditional West African and Colombian dance.
Album artist Tobias Greene (drawinginthedark. com) will be painting faces, and Nathan Hiatt will be painting on stage as we rock out... there's a rumor of bike-powered smoothies, too - boo-ya!
The festivities will kick off at 8:08pm with Drummm, a hands-on facilitated drummm workshop.
Ashkenaz is always ALL AGES, and wheelchair accessible.
Sorry it took me so long to get back! i am shit at these things! thanks for your amazing comments! things like that keep me in the fucked up business we have chosen in our lives!!! :-)) keep cool, keep strong, keep rockin and keep in touch! PERCIVAL!
Thanks for the request. Your sound is unique but with a little familiarity in the background, for some reason I'm thinking of The Moody Blues, Nights in White Satin? I think I need to hear your band in person. I'll try to make it out there tomorrow evening, but since I'm in training for the Breast Cancer Walk I'm staying away from places with booze!!! I may have to catch you at your next local show. Until then...
I DO recommend the Red Lion! I actually live right by it. It's one of the few (of many) bars around here that I like going to. When are you going tomorrow? I'll stop by and say hi.
P.s. Too bad about Stevie Wonder. You should bring the wedding to the show... It's free!!
Hey thx for taking the time to actually read the bio ;) cant tell you how often someone emails me and says 'where did you get 71 stars from?' you have achieved +3 status
absolutely love the tunes brotha. keep up the great work. Elbo room is a great time, hopefully I'll be able to make it tomorrow. best of luck, cheers! -Mike / the innocent
Thanks guys. I appreciate you checking out the profile. We'll let you know when the official site launches. I think it will be able to help a lot of Indie bands.
