The Armchairs
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The Armchairs play music that makes you want to stand next to yourself and compliment your own shoes. This unlikely quartet of young professionals began with two pairs of college roommates named Andrew and Mike half-an-America apart. In Chicago, roommates Andy Molholt and Michael Chadwick gave birth to a songwriting duo that would rival Hall and Oates. Meanwhile in Philadelphia, Andrew Morris and Mike Harkness forged a rhythm section that would later rival the Hall and Oates’ backing band. Three years later, the Armchairs arose, winged and mature from its weird, gooey bag-type container. The Band did a short DIY tour of the east coast, a five-song demo, and awaits the completion of their first full-length record, “Science & Advice."
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The songwriting team of Chadwick and Molholt is an ironclad rock-birther. Together they have written over one hundred songs (they are not all good, but the ratio is impressive). Musically, The Armchairs are often compared to Of Montreal, The Zombies or Deerhoof. The band has eclectic influences with a less than subtle inclination toward the bizarre. Their live shows are marked by intense improvisations, readings of the Communist Manifesto, light-up helmets, Hot dog costumes, abrupt tempo changes, impressive light shows and audience participation. Like their admitted influences Ween, and Andy Kaufman, The Armchairs are always the toeing the line between silly and stupid. For now The Armchairs are making plans for two more short U.S. tours, an E.P., fielding offers for their new record and considering management. Also 75% of the Armchairs attended a high school that graduated Hall or Oates.
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