Sweet Soubrette

New York Citys Sweet Soubrette is a ukulele-powered indie rock band with dark, poetic lyrics, songs that tell stories, and lush instrumentation. Sweet Soubrettes edgy love songs explore troubled romance, works of literature, and the mysteries of existence, featuring the songwriting, vocals and ukulele of Ellia Bisker and a talented backing band. Bisker honed her performance chops playing ukulele in the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, and the glittery eyelashes she wears onstage hint at her vaudevillean origins. Time Out NY says "Sweet Soubrettes style comes with a pinch of Regina Spektor quirk and a spoonful of old-timey burlesque." The Deli Magazine calls Sweet Soubrette "One of New Yorks most intriguing songwriting forces...rock star command and intelligently crafted music." Sweet Soubrette plays frequently in NYC, ranging from a solo singer/songwriter act to an 8-piece band with strings and horns. Sweet Soubrette has also performed on college campuses and in numerous festivals, including the Paris Uke Fest, the Berkshire Fringe, the New York Uke Fest, CMJ, the Tinderbox Music Festival, Hudson Water Music, and the Ladybug Festival, and has toured in the Northeastern U.S., Italy, and France. The first Sweet Soubrette album, Siren Song, released in 2008 as a solo project on indie label MH Records, received positive reviews and high rotation on national U.S. college radio. Time Out NY described it as "at once sweet and sassy, celebrating reckless behavior with a charmed wink." The Deli Magazine said it was "almost impossible to stop replaying in ones head after hearing." In 2011 Sweet Soubrette released a second album, Days and Nights, featuring the addition of Biskers new backing band on bass, drums, and violin. The records dark pop sensibility earned comparisons to Amanda Palmer and Regina Spektor. A NYC release show packed the Bowery Poetry Club, and a tour of the Northeast U.S. followed. The Philadelphia Inquirer called Days and Nights "dark vaudeville-pop...sensational" and Worcester Magazine described it as "indie rock meets cabaret." In 2012 Sweet Soubrette released an EP, Whats My Desire, previewing two singles from the next full-length album: Whats My Desire and Be My Man, with arrangements adding piano and a 3-piece horn section to the existing backing band. The title track has earned extensive critical praise and was included on Wicked Locals list of "22 Stellar Songs from 2012." The playful, inventive music videos created for both tracks have gotten thousands of views since their release. Sweet Soubrettes third full-length album, Burning City, released in early 2014, delivers on the promise of the Whats My Desire EP, showing off the bands lush, rich arrangements of strings, horns, bass, drums, piano, and harmonies. The albums ten tracks were inspired by source material as varied as troubled love, works of literature, extreme weather events, and the promise of new romance, and they range from dark to transcendent, playful to spellbinding. Burning Citys strong songwriting and powerful execution make this album Sweet Soubrettes best work to date. New York Music Daily describes Burning City as "Lush, resonant chamber pop...deliciously lurid...shifts back and forth between enigmatic, noirishly artsy pop and swirly circus rock." 成员： vocals/ukulele/fearless leader: Ellia Bisker violin: Heather Cole bass: Bob Smith; Phil Andrews drums: Mike Dobson; Don Godwin; Darrell Smith keys & backing vox: Stacy Rock; Juliet Strong trumpet: John Waters trombone: Cecil Scheib sax: Erin Rogers