The Armchairs

Genre: Avant-garde
Secondary Genre: Children's Music Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA Contact

Like a violent flamingo in a hamster cage gone awry, these ebullient Fishtown youngsters grab their listeners with the vigor of 10 Norse gods.

Artist Information

Biography

Take a long wet second. Look deep within yourself, far into the reaches of your mental cobwebs. Spend some time here, simmering and plaintive, and you will realize that you already know The Armchairs quite well. They have been with you all along now, since your first steps as a toddler. Since your second grade spelling test. Just after your pet frog escaped and right before you learned how to tie your shoelaces. Here we've been, all along, waiting patiently. You're welcome...

Instrumentation

Andrew Molholt - Vocals / Guitars / Keyboards
Michael Chadwick - Vocals / Keyboards / Guitars
Andrew Morris - Vocals / Bass
Michael Harkness - Drums / Percussion

Discography

Science & Advice, our debut LP, can be found HERE: thearmchairs.bandcamp.com

Links

Audio

  • Grampa Yells Portents at Strangers
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  • Little Sammy Ghetz
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  • Gloria
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Lyrics

Video

Photo Gallery

  • Philadelphia Weekly

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  • Phrequency.com

  • Johnny Brenda's

  • Pianos

  • Halloween

  • On the roof of Whole Foods

  • Lost in Mario 2

  • Outside City Hall

  • Space Camp

  • Deathly afraid of mild hights

Press

  • The Liars Club [+ Show ]

    When I turn back around, the four guys gathered at the table have all taken off their shirts. The...

  • Metro Philadelphia [+ Show ]

    The power has just gone out at Punk Rock Payroll’s studios in South Philly, leaving The Armchairs in...

  • A Wacky New Energy [+ Show ]

    It's not necessarily the best place to start, when exploring the Philadelphia band The Armchairs oeu...

  • Origivation Magazine - The Armchairs: When You're Strange [+ Show ]

    Can The Armchairs be trusted? It's a thorny question. But the four members of this local shamboli...

  • The Armchairs Kick Back [+ Show ]

    To call Philly’s the Armchairs a bunch of hooligans really wouldn’t be fair. After all, hooligans do...

  • Nashville Scene [+ Show ]

    Philadelphia's key-driven indie rockers The Armchairs don't like to pigeonhole themselves. They have...

  • Hooves on the Turf [+ Show ]

    From the upcoming full-length, [Science & Advice,] here’s a rough mix of “Sammy Ghetz”. You hear in ...

  • Philadelphia Weekly [+ Show ]

    The four men of the Armchairs are a rambunctious group. Constantly bantering and joking, carrying o...

  • WXPN Blog [+ Show ]

    The Armchairs are another new fun and fantastic psychedelic-pop influenced new bands from Philly tha...

  • BYT Listening Party [+ Show ]

    I called it, many years ago. I’m usually way behind the curve on new developments of things, but in ...

Setlist

Typical set is 30 - 60 minutes, 10 - 15 songs.
We like to switch it up from show to show.

from SCIENCE & ADVICE:

- Grampa Yells Portents at Strangers
- The Freezer
- Solar Puff
- Space Freeloader
- Little Sammy Ghetz
- I'm No Rope
- Harrison Ford
- Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle
- Trees
- Bear Battles
- Gloria
- Shark!
- Mister Spider
- Mutant Cobra Family

UNRELEASED:

- Owl Hands
- Nebraska
- Collapsing Spheres
- Waldo
- Sky Horse
- Sun Doesn't Melt
- The Cartoonist
- Iron Mtn
- Regular Soap
- Lost in a Dream
- Quarry Song
- Curse of the Land
- Children Everywhere
- Sweatshop Sockhop
- Starburn
- Chalk
- Canterberry Tales
- Whale Park
- An Encouraging Shout to Hunting Hounds

Basic Requirements

Calendar

There are no upcoming dates at this time.