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THE UNPRONOUNCEABLE (The Funhouse, Apr. 22) Ever feel like wandering through wheat fields with your stand-up bass, an old-school microphone and plenty of friends? Then you'll be really keen on The Unpronounceable. The swinging band's new album, Viva Los Beefalos!, will be available at this Funhouse show. Bring your wallet and quit complaining that all new music sucks. - Pulse Weekly


"Get Into The Act"

Gone are the eclectic cool cats in sharkskin suits in favor of black T-shirts, dirty sneakers and ''spitting out single malt scotch and fire.'' Gone are the band's real names in favor of the mythic Beefalo Brothers: Chuck, Chip, Chet & Jorge'. But the vintage vocal mic remains: a frontline symbol for The Unpronounceable's artistry in channeling the old time spirits of Hank Williams, Elvis & Satchmo from some tobacco field hillbilly heaven. ''The music definitely has changed,'' says Pete Gustavson (Jorge'). ''It's more raucous … we pour out our hearts and souls. Things got twanged up.'' The twang emanates from the 1950s brew of blues, jazz, country swing and rockabilly, a music on the cusp of morphing into modern rock 'n' roll. Dubbed ''countrifunked jazzabilly,'' it's the direction Pete thinks rock 'n' roll would have headed sans big hair. The group's latest outing ''Viva Los Beeefalos!'' digs deeply into such pre-rock 'n' roll Americana with its broader instrumentation. Fiddle, mandolin, ukulele, National lap steel & Wurlitzer piano (both circa 1948) combine with the now standard banjo picking. The tunes display Gustavson's songwriting gift. The humorous threat of ''Kill Myself,'' the radio-ready ''Sweet Embraceable You,'' the plaintive ''What I Desire'' and ''Red Sonja,'' with its Appalachian holler, are all primo. But ''Homesick'' alone, with the killer line ''if you lose yourself there's less to pack away,'' should earn them a spot in the songwriters hall of fame. - The Morning Call


"Music Reviews"

Sly and talented, The Unpronounceable has always been one of the most refreshingly odd bands to play in the Lehigh Valley. The band is comprised of four multi-instrumentalists who often switch it up when they play live, which is a neat trick that shows the talent of these jazz/blues/country/pop
music-mixers.

Their newest disc, Viva Los Beefalos!, is a contemporary take on some older, country-pop ideas. The record bubbles with bits and pieces of pop synergy, but it doesn’t fall into the “quirky novelty” category (in other words, the songs have serious messages). The most interesting element of the band’s sound is Pete Gustavson’s confident baritone, since he sounds like Elvis at times. The record is organic, fresh and original. If you can, check the band out live. - Nick Rose, Pulse Weekly


Discography

LPs:
simultaneous organisms (2000)
Viva Los Beefalos! (2005) - airplay on WLVR and WZZO in the Lehigh Valley (PA); nationwide commercial radio promotion Fall/Winter 2005
Songs For The Long Drive Home (2007) - double live album released last month

EPs:
Iota (2002)
Live at Lamberton Hall (2002)
Bella Bella Bella (2002)
Elementary Physics (2003)
Live at Binghamton (2003)

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IT'S THE UNPRONOUNCEABLE!

They’re the ass-kicking, money-maker-shaking love child of old, new, borrowed, & blue – a long-awaited tribute to those lost years when Elvis sang Hank Williams tunes with Black Sabbath while Duke & Satchmo called out the changes. They call it COUNTRIFUNKED JAZZABILLY, but it’s really just what rock & roll would’ve been if it hadn’t wasted all that time on hairspray.

Grown out of the hinters of Northeastern Pennsyltucky circa 1997, THE UNPRONOUNCEABLE landed on the Greater New York Metropolitan music scene just in time to remind everyone that it’s OK to sing, dance, and spit single-malt bourbon into an open fire. Armed with three guitars, a banjo, a piano, a trap kit and an upright bass fiddle, these four handsome fellows have swapped instruments in front of audiences at such venues as Kenny’s Castaways, The C-Note, Meow Mix, Le Bar Bat, The Pussycat Lounge, Arlene Grocery, CB’s Gallery, The Lizard Lounge, Otto's Shrunken Head, and Makor, as well as a host of northeast universities.

They’ve borrowed the souls of some of rock & roll’s greatest founding members, and the stunning result amazes everyone lucky enough to see them.