FATHER FIGURES The Relatives, Oh! Pears (Ex-Pattern Is Movement) December 14, 2010

Father Figures is a band of five friends from Brooklyn, making music that blends the composed and improvised into something that is wild, yet accessible. It is Zombie Jazz, and it is not your grandfather’s music… unless your grandfather juggled knives. Always melodic and strong willed, Father Figures manages sounds into sculptures to make you move your feet, then break a vase, and can neatly package these sounds into a 30 minute set ideal for a dirty basement, or an hour long set ideal for a slightly cleaner warehouse. But they’ll actually play anywhere, and preferably with bands that play rock and roll.

Sometimes the band loops itself. Sometimes the band plays really really loud. Always the band leaves the audience wondering what they’ve just seen, without enough time to figure it out before the next rock band starts. Father Figures has a new record out on vinyl and digital files on Museum People Records: Over the course of four months, they recorded 5 hours worth of improvisations to 4-track cassette and a breaking Navy reel-to-reel 1/4" tape recorder. Dumped into digital, sorted through everything and picked only what we loved, then chopped, mixed, produced, tweaked and arranged, the resulting debut album consists of 18 pieces, a supreme example of using improvised music compositionally.

This past July Father Figures tackled the United States and took out its legs, driving to California and back in 28 days, 25 shows, and a lot of psyched fans a long the way. Join the pack and come see Father Figures today.

Official Website: http://www.littlefieldnyc.com/event/22743/