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Elizabeth Harper & The Matinee

but if you tame me, we’ll need each other.

About Me

"Harper is a beauty with a voice like a sleepy winter afternoon. Alternately playful and melancholy, Harper’s songwriting is reminiscent of the Smiths.” – TimeOutNY
“Don't feel conflicted by the singer-songwriter tag in front of Elizabeth Harper's name on any billing. While the tag is accurate, the Brooklyn-based musician is less Tori Amos and more Christina Rosenvinge, or even New Order's Bernand Sumner. Something vaguely Northern English afflicts Ms. Harper's otherwise bubbly music, as if the threat or memory of melancholy is never far away. Ms. Harper effortlessly swings from variations on late 1960s French pop to 1970s California folk-pop, but something mid- 1980s Manchester never feels too far behind her lovely voice.” – New York Sun
“A patch of green, Anglophilic moss thriving in the shade of the monolith that is Brooklyn’s music scene. With Harper rightfully compared to a female version of the beloved Mozzer, it’s no wonder she was first signed overseas by London’s Angular Records. Impeccable in both presentation (her demo's wax-paper packaging was covered in black-ink calligraphy) and performance, her songs recall Orange Juice, Aztec Camera, and New Order at their most tasteful." – Flavorpill
“We’ve gone on record repeatedly about how much we love Elizabeth Harper, and we stand by our assertion that she’s fronting one of the most promising bands in New York City.” – L Magazine
"Elizabeth Harper still seems posied to break pretty big, and were puling for it to happen. She's got one of the best voices we've ever heard and her taste in accompaniment is impeccable" - L Magazine

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/3/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/elizabethharper
Band Members: Scott Rosenthal/ Michael Flis/ Andy Zehnal/ Elizabeth Harper
Influences: For you I’m only a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, we’ll need each other. You’ll be the only boy in the world for me. I’ll be the only fox in the world for you…
Sounds Like: "she's been called 'The Female Morrissey', has a truly gorgeous voice, a way with words that would make Mozzer proud, and a gift for guitar-laden melody that would have Johnny Marr clutching his hair in rapture. Elizabeth is effortlessly stylish, with the attitude of PJ Harvey and the look of a young Chrissie Hynde. Her voice soars with the majesty and early elegance of those early Sundays records. She's currently signed to a tiny UK indie label. On her debut album she can be melancholic ('Trouble In The Palace'), tunefully punky ('Parlor Window'), folky ('Seawater Lullaby'), while on stand out tracks 'Don Juan' and 'Accidental Flirt' she's easily as good as early Smiths. The album 'Elizabeth Harper' is out on Angular Records now. It's available in the UK from www.angularrecords.net, itunes, or via the website at www.elizabethharper.com" - "Whats on in London" Cover story
Record Label: Angular(UK)/Roji(Japan)
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Flavorpill review

http://flavorpill.com/newyork/events/2008/2/9/elizabeth-harp er-and-the-matinee?c..today"Elizabeth Harper and the Matinee are a patch of green, Anglophilic moss thriving in the shade of the monolith th...
Posted by Elizabeth Harper & The Matinee on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:25:00 PST

interview on listenup

http://listenupcast.com/
Posted by Elizabeth Harper & The Matinee on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:41:00 PST

more than you needed to know but more than i ever told you

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Posted by Elizabeth Harper & The Matinee on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:44:00 PST

what a nice blog

http://toomuchapplepie.blogspot.com/2007/11/no-matter-how-mu ch-time-you-spend-with.html
Posted by Elizabeth Harper & The Matinee on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:19:00 PST

jezebel music feature article

Go to jezebelmusic.com for the full scoop."Several years back, songsiren Elizabeth Harper stepped off a bus from Los Angeles; her sound couldn't be further from the West Coast, so the relocation to NY...
Posted by Elizabeth Harper & The Matinee on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:02:00 PST

CMJ press from The New York Sun

THE NEW YORK SUN, October 16, 2007 ARTS & LETTERS" Don't feel conflicted by the singer-songwriter tag in front of Elizabeth Harper's name on any billing. While the tag is accurate, the Brooklyn-based ...
Posted by Elizabeth Harper & The Matinee on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:10:00 PST

Press in L Magazine

"We've gone on record repeatedly about how much we love Elizabeth Harper, and we stand by our assertion that she's fronting one of the most promising bands in New York City."the L Magazine - Sept 20th...
Posted by Elizabeth Harper & The Matinee on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:37:00 PST

Review In MagnaPhone Magazine

Hi check out this great review in Magnaphone http://www.magnaphonemagazine.com/issue4/new-music-reviews.h tml#ElizabethharperElizabeth Harper /Elizabeth Harper/(Angular Recording Corporation)It was 11p...
Posted by Elizabeth Harper & The Matinee on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 02:38:00 PST

Interview in DELI Magazine.

check it out in color here thedelimagazine.com/FeatureView.php?artist=elizabethharper.. .
Posted by Elizabeth Harper & The Matinee on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:10:00 PST

A nice write up in L magazine


Posted by Elizabeth Harper & The Matinee on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:07:00 PST