Marc Capaldo, Jeff Berner, John Passineau, Chris Cubeta
Influences
Lots of music from the last 40 or so years
Lots of books from the last few hundred years
Lots of movies from the last 40 or so years
Lots of people from the last few thousand years
Sounds Like
Steve Earle, Counting Crows, Son Volt, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Ryan Adams, The Hold Steady, Bright Eyes, Jackson Browne, Slayer, Candiria and Gwar !!!!!
"The new songs [on "Change"] are, as has become customary with Cubeta, all excellent, a quartet of heartfelt vignettes of rootsy, Springsteenesque Americana. These tracks are about the moments of light and darkness that enter everyday lives, about how people struggle with their own natures and how those struggles transform them." – Jason Warburg, The Daily Vault 12/07
"This Brooklyn singer/songwriter, packs soul, punch and feeling mixed with chords so catchy and words so true that you can't help but fall under his power." – Dan Berkman, The Deli Magazine 12/07
Chris Cubeta & The Liars Club -
Faithful (smother.net review) smother.net by J-Sin
Singer/songwriter
pop-rock is the genre here. Chris's vocals are rich and deeply
entrenched in glorious harmonies. Sure there are about a gazillion
likeminded singer/songwriters out in the industry struggling to get
noticed, but the reason that you should pay attention to this guy and
his outfit is because they pay attention. To every nitpicking detail.
Whether it's the rootsy approach to guitar tone, with twanging notes
that sound purely from the Delta blues school of sound or the
incredibly lavish production that sounds big budget but was probably
accomplished with more elbow grease than million dollar studio time. It
doesn't hurt that his lyrics show his character and give an insider
look to his thought process. Tender music this strong is a rare gem, so
be sure to polish this rhinestone up nice and shiny.
“Breakfast on the table/shoelace untied/it's better in some other place/at least for tonight,” whispers Chris Cubeta toward the end of Faithful (2006), the follow-up to his 2003 debut Sugar Sky. It's a bittersweet reflection that captures both the poignancy and purpose of the singer/songwriter’s many-colored vision. In Cubeta’s universe, the heroes are the heartbroken vagabonds, the wistful winos and all the other overlooked beauty-seekers of his “crooked candy world.” More than anything, Chris Cubeta is an intensely personal writer, whose songs offer listeners an unfiltered peak into his often-messy, always-wild universe.
While his lyrics combine nuance-soaked imagery with a brash, incisive point-of-view, Cubeta's sound is equally eclectic, combining the wispy, sensitivity of the singer/songwriter with the unbridled thrill of rock and roll. Faithful is an artistic declaration, full of offbeat characters, ecstatic revelations and unfiltered emotion. It is the kind of record that unabashedly announces the arrival of a new and necessary young artist whose urgent and desperate approach to songwriting is all too rare in contemporary music. Says Jason Warburg of The Daily Vault, “(Faithful) is literate roots-rock of the first order, full of sharply-drawn characters, powerful arrangements and raw revelations, sung in a voice passionate enough to dare any cynic to believe.” Time Out New York calls The Liars Club “ a sturdy, passionate, local roots-rock quartet.”
In 2007, Cubeta released Change, a stripped-down, 7-song EP highlighted by the reflective title track that ponders the inertia of quiet lives and the struggle to evolve as human beings. The EP includes several new songs as well as re-interpretations of songs from Cubeta’s previous records.
Cubeta's live show is bolstered by his high-octane band The Liars Club – Jeff Berner on guitars, Marc Capaldo on drums and John Passineau on bass. Each brings his own flair to a show that is a dynamic blend of passionate, guitar-infused energy and down-home, rootsy melancholy. Cubeta presides over every gig with the subtle and sure hand of a seasoned performer, deftly alternating between wowing the crowd with his guitar and telling the silhouetted stories of the unsung.
Cubeta is an accomplished musician, who played nearly every instrument on Sugar Sky, as well as a skilled solo performer who has opened for Chris Trapper (formerly of The Pushstars). A longtime resident of upstate New York, Chris moved to Brooklyn in 2005 and the band has since played prime slots at some of the city's most prestigious rooms –Pianos, The Bitter End, Trash, The Delancey, Crash Mansion and Rockwood Music Hall to name a few. In 2007, The Liars Club opened for singer-songwriter Gary Jules (“Mad World,” Donnie Darko soundtrack) and embarked on its first-ever East Coast tour, with stops in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Richmond, Raleigh, Nashville, Boston and others. The Liars Club is also proud to announce that it has secured a 2008 June residency (Mondays at 10 PM) at The Living Room, one of New York’s most prestigious rooms.
Hey Chris! Loved the set last night. Thanks for signing my CD after the show. Now I can sell it for millions when you make it big. Joking...but I will definitely be at future shows!
I understand now the furrow of the brow the distribution of the weight the ringing of the towel the unexpected gem lurking in the bowels the tedious digestion the horny lover's howl
The world is a parade of tongues searching for their meaning A midnight maid who's cut corners on her cleaning A drooling baby frustrated with his teething A paralyzed wife whose suitcase dreams of leaving
And I'm relaxing within the wounds of time the gloves slip off and fade I'm traveling alone in the ripples of Eve's wake To ask anything of this world is the common man's mistake So I've put out my begging bowl and left it up to fate
The world is a parade of tongues searching for their meaning A midnight maid who's cut corners on her cleaning A drooling baby frustarated with his teething A paralyzed wife whose suitcase dreams of leaving
So when we meet again my friend I'll wear the moment like a dress and cup the soft shell of your ear move my lips close and confess that I've wanted the highest things the bright lights and golden crests but I've settled for the wealth of words and must admit I am blessed!
Hi everybody!! First of all let me thank u for your friendship!!! Then I'd tell u that I've listened to your music and found it simply outstanding!!! U created songs able to provide extraordinary moods!!! Wish u the best ever, mates and.. keep us in such a great bliss!!! Dave ;D
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