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Monday, October 26, 2009

Band The Live Art: Sam Mickens' Ecstatic Showband & Revue

Posted by on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:36 PM

Former Seattle singer/guitarist Sam Mickens (the Dead Science, Parenthetical Girls auxiliary member) has a new musical plaything happening in his new home of New York City. With Sam Mickens' Ecstatic Showband & Revue, he's obviously going for a more accessible, traditional sound—a refined brand of retro soul pop without a trace of irony (or is there? With Mickens, it's never easy to fully decipher his intentions).

It wouldn't surprise me if Sam Mickens' Ecstatic Showband & Revue attained a Mayer Hawthorne-like level of success. Their frontman has the sort of charisma, vocal suppleness, and matinee-idol looks to pull it off.

 

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"Ecstatic"? Has that man ever cracked a smile?
Posted by paulus on October 26, 2009 at 2:47 PM
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I didn't mean to denigrate Sam or his art with my previous comment. I think he makes beautiful music. Perhaps the joke is on me.
Posted by paulus on October 27, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Segal 3
I've seen Sam smile—but that was when we both were working retail together. Don't tell anybody.
Posted by Segal on October 27, 2009 at 8:25 AM

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