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'HELLO, DALI!' REVIEWED BY THE EAST BAY EXPRESS:
"Vaudeville, Americana, and rock 'n' roll are the jumping-off points for this tight Bay Area trio smitten with the subtle humor of They Might Be Giants. There's a little bit of weird-for-the-sake-of-weird, though it rarely gets in the way, and over the course of 72 packed minutes, Comfy Chair asserts its allegiance not to geeky gimmickry but to music itself. — Nate Seltenrich"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Comfy Chair- The World's Last, and First, Time-Traveling Vaudevillian Rock Band!‘Hello, Dali!’ is finally out!Yes, it’s true. After nearly ten years of painstaking, meticulous and eccentric frivolity, Comfy Chair emerges from its cartoon cocoon to deliver their masterwork.From the iconic front cover to its 22 tracks of sheer melodic madness, ‘Hello, Dali!’ will curl your moustache and straighten your slacks.With Raffi calling to be in the band and Donalds Trump & Rumsfeld demanding an explanation as to how this album was allowed to be released, Comfy Chair finishes its banana and invites you to slide into their appeal.But seriously, this record features over a dozen guest musicians of every stripe. From the operatic vocals of Amy X. Neuburg to the hip scratching techniques of DJ Pause, the epic strains of T. Hallenbeck’s electric cello, the amazing ticklishness of Jerome Rossen’s ivories and the sultry smoking tones of Darren Johnston and Dustin Hengl’s trumpets, this record packs a punch. There are gospel singers, there’s a banjo. There’s a Tuvan throat singer. A saw. An accordion and a fake didgeridoo. And that’s just on the first song.But seriously. This is one long album. But there’s a lot of short, sweet songs of tasty variety within. The Jazz Age is an all-out swing-infused rocker, Dance of the Wigs is a dark, old-world fantasy waltz, and Rainy Day is a tune even your grandmother would love. There’s even some comedy-sketches weaved in. Despite the twisting and turning, this album will take you on a journey to the heart of lunacy and bring you back with a lemonade in your hand. Or the beverage of your choice.You will love this record! Click HERE to purchase 'Hello, Dali!' through CD Baby or to download it from iTunes! And don't forget Salvador's dying words, "Long live the King of Spain!"Silly Bio:
It all started in 19-dickity-2 when lead singer, sax and flute player Ira Levin was working in Miami as a haberdasher for Zsa Zsa Gabor, Sr., when he chanced upon a very unique garage sale. Buying the portrait of drummer Darian Gray, and also acquiring H.G. Wells' time-traveling armchair for a song, he was on his way to 1890, where he found bassist Greg Minter in Tucson, Ariz., sitting atop one of those big front-wheeled "Pennyfarthing" bicycles and plucking his handlebar moustache like a giant rubber band. From there they played with numerous guitarists, until bumping into Josh Garey for the umpteenth time. They found him jamming in Berkeley in 1969, a full two years before his birth. When it finally came together, Comfy Chair was ready to begin starting all over again one last time.Serious Bio:
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Comfy Chair does an energetic and lively acoustic trio performance, or an over-the-top theatrical rock show as a four-piece electric band, and mixes upbeat covers of swing, blues and rock favorites with their own surreal, Vaudeville-rock originals.The band released their debut CD, 'Party on the Titanic' in 1997 to critical acclaim, inducing Greg Heller of BAM Magazine to utter the immortal words, "I heard they were the best band ever in the history of time."In 1998, Elektra Records chose 'Renaissance in Harlem', a single from the album, to be included on their internationally distributed compilation disc, 'Jump Up and Boogie' .The band followed up 'Party' with the raw and raucous 'Live and Uncut' in 1999, recorded while playing at the Oregon State Fair.Comfy Chair has built a dedicated following all along the West Coast. From the Showbox and the Backstage in Seattle to the Viper Room and the Whisky A-Go-Go in L.A., the Oregon State Fair two years in a row, the Great American Music Hall in S.F., as well as hundreds of other clubs, parties, weddings and fairs, Comfy Chair's soiree into the surreal has pleased audiences of every kind. In addition, Comfy Chair hosts, plays house band, writes and acts in comedy sketches, and books a variety of solo performance talent, all to form their unique, randomly recurring Vaudeville-style show, "z'Art Fantastique".'Hello, Dali!', Comfy Chair's current release, is a migration from their trademark slamswing sound to the arena of the wild, the psychedelic, the Old World and the surreal. Including over a dozen guest performances, Comfy Chair performs this groundbreaking material at all their showcase gigs.Saul Goode, Flaming Pie.
