Event

CUDDLE MAGIC

Tuesday 3/15 - The Lizard Lounge proudly presents
CUDDLE MAGIC
$12 advance / $15 at the door
8:00 doors / 9:00 show
www.cuddle-magic.com

Tonight we are feature a band that has done what very few bands out there are able to do - successfully deconstruct traditional forms of folk, rock and pop music and reconstruct them into something totally original while remaining true to the spirit of those genres. They will move you. They will make you think. And they will leave you with a smile. What more could you want?

Cuddle Magic is a band from Brooklyn, NY. They play dance listening music that unfolds in waves of vocal harmony, contrapuntal woodwinds, dense wordplay, and overlapping rhythmic cycles. Bassist and guitarist Ben Davis and Christopher McDonald, who plays Rhodes piano and synthesizers, set out to perform some songs of theirs that included lyrics written by Ben's older brother, Tim Davis, with whom had been collaborating since early childhood. Their first, self-titled album, recorded in a practice room and an art gallery in just a handful of days, also featured clarinetist Alec Spiegelman's plaintive love songs and a dream-like ballad by singer Kristin Slipp. The band now plays songs by all four composers. Cole Kamen-Green and Dave Flaherty, who play trumpet-percussion and drum-vibes, respectively, have helped to define the band's quiet storm sound over their three albums.