Sing For Your Lives!
Reviews
Decca
Reviewed 2012-02-29
Reviewed 2012-02-29
This Portland-based band combines European folk melodies and burlesque sensibilities into a wacky mélange that is both fun and dark. Great stuff with a klezmer-meets-the-Muppets-at-the-opera feeling with a touch of a circus freak show thrown in. Unpredictable and all so good. Yay!
1. Spoken word leads into a mid/upbeat klezmer-infused mix.
2. Upbeat Eastern European/klezmer instrumental. Slows later.
3. Jazzy & slow then upbeat and fiery. Suggestive but not dirty.
4. Bohemian/gypsy ode. Starts mid/picks up w/wacky male vox.
5. Nostalgic bal musette-infused ballad. Like an old carousel song.
6. Fast and driving gypsy dance. You picture fire eaters on stage.
7. Sweet old-timey waltz w/sexy modern female vocals.
8. Slow drama w/dark and twisted vocal effects. Rather creepy.
9. Modern jazz-y infused take on fire dance. Mid/upbeat & so cool.
10. Contemporary, relaxed. Twists & turns as the circus packs up.
11. Slow, tinny piano into mid/up overwrought vox as all pitch in.
1. Spoken word leads into a mid/upbeat klezmer-infused mix.
2. Upbeat Eastern European/klezmer instrumental. Slows later.
3. Jazzy & slow then upbeat and fiery. Suggestive but not dirty.
4. Bohemian/gypsy ode. Starts mid/picks up w/wacky male vox.
5. Nostalgic bal musette-infused ballad. Like an old carousel song.
6. Fast and driving gypsy dance. You picture fire eaters on stage.
7. Sweet old-timey waltz w/sexy modern female vocals.
8. Slow drama w/dark and twisted vocal effects. Rather creepy.
9. Modern jazz-y infused take on fire dance. Mid/upbeat & so cool.
10. Contemporary, relaxed. Twists & turns as the circus packs up.
11. Slow, tinny piano into mid/up overwrought vox as all pitch in.
Recent airplay
Red Ballon
At the Cafe Bohemian — Feb 01, 2017
Beard And Moustache
At the Cafe Bohemian — Jan 11, 2017
Hanumonsoon
Music Casserole — Jul 13, 2013
Spirit Dances Evermore
The Songsmith Show — Apr 27, 2012
Lullaby
Mountain Music — Apr 06, 2012
Red Ballon
The Songsmith Show — Mar 29, 2012
Charting
2012-03-02 — 2012-05-05
Reggae/World
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Apr 29 | 1 |
| Apr 8 | 1 |
| Apr 1 | 1 |
| Mar 25 | 1 |
| Mar 11 | 1 |
| Mar 4 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Red Ballon | ||
| 2. | Tough Mazel | ||
| 3. | Beard And Moustache | ||
| 4. | Coimbra | ||
| 5. | Penny | ||
| 6. | King Of The Gypsies | ||
| 7. | Spirit Dances Evermore | ||
| 8. | Lullaby | ||
| 9. | Hanumonsoon | ||
| 10. | The Last Dance | ||
| 11. | Sing For Your Lives |