Sam Smyers - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
David Broderick - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Andrew Mabry - Drums
Mark Nelson - Bass
Influences
We listen to Radiohead, The Crystal Skulls, Wilco, Fugazi, David Dondero, Air, Amina, Beck, The Beatles, Belle & Sebastian, Bjork, Bob Dylan, Built to Spill, Calexico, Cat Power, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Clinic, Cursive, Damien Rice, The Decemberists, The Dismemberment Plan, Eisley, Elbow, Explosions In the Sky, The Fiery Furnaces, The Flaming Lips, Grandaddy, Headphones, The Helio Sequence, Interpol, Iron & Wine, The Mars Volta, Midlake, Miles Davis, Modest Mouse, Modico, Mogwai, The Mountain Goats, My Morning Jacket, Neutral Milk Hotel, Norah Jones, The Octopus Project, Of Montreal, The Pastel Knights, Pedro The Lion, Pilotdrift, The Polyphonic Spree, Record Hop, Red Stars Theory, Rufus Wainwright, The Shins, Sigur Ros, Spoon, Sufjan Stevens, Sunny Day Real Estate, Ugly Casanova, The Unicorns, The Water Engine, Zero 7
The promise of Kingfish is far from mere rhetoric. Having established themselves in the North Texas music scene, playing with such bands as Eisley, The Afters, and Modico, this self-written, recorded, produced, and released band could stand to be defined by their reviews alone. Being hailed, in the wake of their 2006 full-length debut album, "Fortune and Inheritance," to have “[challenged] the standards of rock music, providing the listener with a unique and interesting experience” (TexasGigs.com) with songs that are not only “pensive” but truly “thought provoking” (Emergenza.net). The musical talent and reputable influence within Kingfish is undeniable. Sam Smyers’ vocals are beautifully haunting in tracks such as “So We Go” and “Chasing the Seagulls,” their second single which received notable radio play on many collage radio and internet radio stations. Though the only, currently available glimpse of their progress is the single-take recording of “The Quintet” on the bands website, their sophomore album, or possible EP, is due out in February of 2007 and promises to be “much fuller.” With the focus shifted to even larger dynamics in the realms of bell work, timbales, guerro, cello, flute, and louder, more extensive experimentation with instruments and sampling alike, the future of Kingfish looks anything but dim.
"Kingfish challenges the standards of rock music, providing the listener with a unique and interesting experience. Elements of alternative, progressive and even some industrial make their way into the band's repertoire setting them apart from the crowd of Radiohead-types trying so desperately to be "different." Kingfish has this great niche where they can write a song that makes you kind of bob your head and dance a bit, and then place it side by side with a wrist slashing drone fest befitting of pale skinned psychopaths and their exceptionally anxious roommates. If you can make someone smile, and then make them cry, you've absolutely mastered the art of music." -TexasGigs.com
"Kingfishs music is pensive and thought provoking, and I would really love to hear a longer set from them. Their CD rocks, too, and Im looking forward to the new stuff." Emergenza.net
Fortune and Inheritance
SOLD OUT! Track Listing:
1. Barbaric
2. Promise
3. So We Go
4. You Are Here
5. Rainy Day Gloom
6. Latitude and Longitude
7. Chasing the Seagulls
self recorded, produced, and released.
copyright 2006
Hi, we've uploaded a new song called "w.h.y." if you have few minutes...<br /><br />Salut, nous avons ajouté une nouvelle chanson elle s'appelle "w.h.y." si vous disposez de quelques minutes...<br /><br /><br />
Just stopping by to see if you're interested in our project...
We've started a collaborative radio station - and we're looking for people to contribute to our output....have a look, have a listen and join up if you'd like to join in!!!
I hope all is well. I wanted to let you know that the new ZELAZOWA full length album "Elephants On A Mousehunt" will be released on Saturday, January, 17th through CDBaby.com and all major digital distribution sites. In anticipation of its release, we have posted the new singles from the album on our myspace page. Please be sure to give them a listen at:
www.myspace.com/zelazowa
If you are in the Philadelphia area, join us for the CD release party that night (Saturday, 1/17) at The Khyber at 10 PM. There are plenty of tour dates to follow, so please check the calendar.
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