Biography
The Lisps are a Brooklyn band that has been spreading its bizarre brand of Avant-Americana around New York City and the rest of America since October of 2005 .
The Lisps tend to write songs about important ideas such as piety, forgiveness, destiny, reality, twins, documents, growing old, time, loving, and babies.
The Lisps have played all over NYC and in dozens of cities on two coast to coast tours. In August, 2006 The Lisps released their debut EP, "The Vain, The Modest, and The Dead" and released their debut LP "Country Doctor Museum" in January of 2008 to a sold out crowd at Joe's Pub in Manhattan.
Currently The Lisps are developing their sci-fi civil war indie rock musical, FUTURITY which premiered in workshop form on January 9th and 10th, 2009 at The Zipper Theater in Manhattan.
FUTURITY went on to a 4-night workshop at the legendary Joe's Pub, and was awarded a Developmental Residency at The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The Lisps are planning a World Premiere of FUTURITY as part of their 2010/2011 season.
"Like an old time variety show, the Lisps' songs tap dance between simple country guitar melodies to a cacophony of melodica, horns, even bag pipes. Tunis and Alvarez trade lyrics so sweet and silly they sound like the Moldy Peaches' campy, country cousin." - Spin.com
" A riveting and revealing hour-long show . . .a true diamond in the rough of local bands." - CMJ Staff Blog
"Immediately lovable, The Lisps are a pop band at their core, but they ease their way through the genre's confining walls with not-so-subtle nods to old-time country and vaudeville.” - L Magazine (8 NYC Bands to Watch, 2008)
"The Lisps validate their buzz-worthy stamp with exuberance & poise. Expect 2008 to bring the zany band universal adoration from coast to coast." - The Music Slut
” Country Doctor Museum rests somewhere between quirky, back-porch folk and a woozy European circus soundtrack. The music is such a great blend of old-school troubadour and contemporary rock cheekiness.”
- Phoenix New Times
"Peppy co-ed pop candy." - New York Times ArtsBeat Blog
About FUTURITY:
"extraordinarily ambitious, engaging, and uplifting live music experience; a celebration of the sheer power of imagination and creativity that – through the meta-narrative of a grunt soldier writing a science-fiction masterpiece – can’t help but pull its own curtain back on the imaginative scope and vision of the show’s creators." - EAR FARM
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Instrumentation
Sammy Tunis - Vocals, Tambourine
Cesar Alvarez -Vocals, Guitar, Saxophone, Whistling
Jeremy Hoevenaar - Bass
Eric Farber - Drumset and Objects
(most members of The Lisps play the Melodica)
Discography
Are We At The Movies? - March 2010 (forthcoming)
Country Doctor Museum LP - January 2008
The Vain, The Modest, and The Dead EP - October 2006
Links
| http://www.myspace.com/thelisps |