Jackie Doyle (Guitar, Vocals)
Jim Fisher (Bass, Vocals, Keys)
Phil Fizur (Drums, Percussion)
Here's Fallen Angels from our new CD release Trompe L'Oeil Girl. Don't forget to check out our full-length music video Suzanne on YouTube!
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Influences
First British Invasion, AM Bubble Gum, "College" Radio, Elvis Costello, Bettie Serveert, Blondie, Teenage Fanclub, Ronnie Spector, Love, Burt Bacharach, The Muffs, Dressy Bessy, Cheap Trick, Bob Mould, The Pretenders and anything with a beat, a hook and words you can't get out of your head.
The Beloved Infidels deliver honest emotion, intelligent lyrics and driving rhythms all wrapped up in a satisfying power pop package. Initially conceived by Jackie Doyle, a self-proclaimed devotee of all that is hooky and melodic, this band maintains an edgy sweetness through interesting song structures, caustic poetry and the occasional power chord. Unafraid to borrow from the past, they offer a fresh take on what you loved most about rock from the 1960s to the present, including girl-groups, surf, British invasion and New Wave. Still, the songs remain completely original and are performed with a distinctive twist that only The Beloved Infidels can provide.
Here's what they're saying about Trompe L'Oeil Girl...
"The Beloved Infidels aren't just Sout' Philly's sweetest pop-rockers. Jackie Doyle and Jim Fisher are the cutest couple (and drummer Phil Fizur's no ogre). Trompe L'Oeil Girl's a honey of a debut!" A.D. Amorosi/City Paper
"Philly doesn’t have the strongest history of girl-sung indie pop bands, but right away the Beloved Infidels recall two of our best: the defunct Snow Fairies and the going-strong Trolleyvox. The happy-go-lucky trio—singer/guitarist Jackie Doyle, bassist Jim Fisher and drummer Phil Fizur—is brisk, breezy and sweet. Beneath the bright-eyed exterior, though, are sharply observed lyrics that hit close to home if you pay attention.
The band’s self-released Trompe L’Oeil Girl opens with “Suzanne,” the first of many geographically exact story-songs. Opening with the quiet strum of a Jonathan Richman tune, it finds Doyle surveying a street that’s “Like it’s a California beach/ Not an intersection in rainy Philadelphia.” (Search the band’s name on YouTube and you’ll see that the video for “Suzanne” was shot around the Italian Market and in the M Room.) Later she muses, “There’s got to be one normal guy in Philadelphia.”
“Gasoline Can” traces a path of personal discovery from “Grand Rapids, Mich., 1982” to “Boston, Mass., I was 22” to “Seattle, Wash., 2002,” while the bass-bubbling “Fishtown” relies less on scenery and zooms in closer on the characters. Aided by her gorgeously featherweight voice, Doyle’s songwriting is at once unabashedly romantic and cautious from plenty of experience. The line “Hey Romeo, let’s take it slow” pretty much sums it up.
Named for a technique of three-dimensional painting, Trompe L’Oeil Girl will take some getting used to for anyone expecting drums beyond a bare snare and cymbal or gloss beyond a fleeting keyboard hum. And the Beloved Infidels may cite Bettie Serveert and the Muffs as influences, but they sound more like Cub or a stripped- down Go-Go’s. More important, they give a pop-starved Philadelphia a perfectly infectious debut." Doug Wallen/Philadelphia Weekly
Check out our new music video "Suzanne":
I got the cds!! AWESOME!! Firstly, Mr. Phil F sounds perfect for the band. I really like what he's done. Secondly, thank you for giving me credit and including me on the cd, I'm very proud of how those tracks turned out. The cd LOOKS really impressive as well, and the production is really well thought out. THANKS again for sending those my way...:)
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