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 Photo by Riki Feldmann  Photo by Odell Hussey  Photo by Debra Zellar  Photo by Anton Patzner  Photo by Anton Patzner |
 Photo by Riki Feldmann
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BIOGRAPHY:
The Hollywood Hills-born daughter of a horror filmmaker and sister of a cult comedian, Foxtails front-girl Laura Weinbach grew up in a household that embraced eccentricity. Her next-door neighbors were circus contortionists with emus and fang-toothed monkeys as pets and her childhood activities included snail hunting and spying on celebrity neighbors like Slash, Ice-T, and Larry from Perfect Strangers. Laura’s upbringing is present everywhere in Foxtails Brigade, from the lyrical imagery to the hand-drawn artwork and sophomoric Instagram cartoons.
The band’s live show is a clockwork of junkyard beats, warped orchestral sonics, and Laura’s trademark voice and classical guitar intricacies with an A-List ensemble featuring performing members of Bright Eyes, Van Dyke Parks, and John Kale. The songs tackle subjects of substitute teaching in the Oakland and LA public school scenes, steak appreciation, and general unfairness awareness with a warped pop sensibility akin to influences like St. Vincent, Joanna Newsom, The Smiths, and Spoon.
Following their 2011 debut album The Bread and the Bait (Antenna Farm Records), the band released their second LP. Time Is Passed (DIY) during Christmas of 2012. Since then, Foxtails Brigade have teamed up with much-celebrated producer Jeff Saltzman and his new Oakland-based label OIM to make their third LP due out in fall 2015.
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“ a gorgeous storybook approach to orchestral indie pop. “
-Indie Shuffle
- “Quality musicians led by a good songwriter with a great voice, Foxtails Brigade seem to have the whole package .”
-In Your Speakers -
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-Anton Patzner for Performer Magazine -
“as soon as Laura Weinbach starts to play, everyone within earshot immediately revises their previous opinions of her, from tiny cutie to big roaring genius.”
– SF Weekly
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“Laura Weinbach of Foxtails Brigade has a voice like the sirens of Homer’s Odyssey. It draws you in with its sheer beauty and takes you places where you teeter on the edge of bliss and terror. Foxtails Brigade’s debut album, The Bread And The Bait, is chock full of dreamy chamber-pop with a sharp edge. “
– Best New Bands -
“[Laura Weinbach's] charm is not nearly as impenetrable as her cosmic poetry or, for that matter, the band’s baroque-like music. Stay tuned for more from this very special group.
– Kata Rokkar -
“We all know the dream world that Foxtails Brigade strolls through; that intimacy is what makes this one so memorable.”
–Music Emissions -
“[Weinbach] looks like a character plucked from a Lewis Carroll tale, and yet beneath that surface, she’s fierce. The tracks on [Foxtails Brigade's] new album sound a bit like old Victorian song cycles. But they’re refreshing.”
-East Bay Express -
By turns moody, pastoral and even occasionally frightening, The Bread And The Bait takes the simplicity of its construction and makes the most of it.
-Spectrum Culture -
“Weinbach decorates The Bread and the Bait with ditties at once fanciful and childlike, but it’s her propensity for sudden tantrums of discordance that prevents her songs from sounding precious. It may be an acquired taste, but then again, isn’t that true for the better things in life?
- Exclaim -
“music that doesn’t sound like very much else out there these days. A fascinating album…. “
-Popmatters -
“sweet and powerful…
– SF Weekly -
“a simply stunning album.”
– Jersey Beat -
“offers something new and exciting to the listener privileged enough to hear it. “
– Chart -
“Weinbach has a killer voice!”
-Woman’s Radio -
“I’d initially thought that Halifax, thanks to Black Flag-coverin’, banjo totin’ crusts, was the benchmark for excellent busking. Untrue. Here, we randomly wander into San Francisco’s Foxtails Brigade performing “Pan-Asian Delight.” Them Halifax punks ain’t got shit on this.”
– Fast ForwardFull press archive available upon request
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