Our staff was immediately drawn to Sam Bisbee’s wonderfully cool and original CD High. "Sam Bisbee's lyrics are insightful, poetic and humorous when read on their own, but they are easy to overlook against the catchy musical-clouds-of-pop backdrop of HIGH which has an ambiguous '80s retro feel without being redundant of anything…The production is very present without being pushy to the essential melodic structures of the diverse songs. "You are Here" asks existential questions under the guise of large hooks; and "Real" is an amazing example of the rhythmic possibilities of lyrics -- essentially a boy meets girl rap/play. Using impersonal and mechanical touches like drum programming and keyboards and loops, Bisbee always infuses his songs with human ironies and a spectrum of moods -- stylistically chartering a meeting point between new wave, hip-hop and Corey Hart-pop/rock. This is one of the better and more original suprises you are likely to come across this year." --Tyson Schuetze, Harp Magazine
"Singer, multi-instrumentalist Sam Bisbee may not yet be a household name... in the meantime, why not pick up his sensational CD, 'high', so when you inevitably find yourself gushing about Bisbee's impeccable pop smarts and juicy hooks, you'll know what you're talking about." -- Jonathan Perry, Boston Globe
14 brand new, original tracks recorded, once again, with the help of a lot of very talented friends: drummer Mike Levesque (David Bowie, Mike Viola), keyboard player Peter Adams (Tracy Bonham, Juliana Hatfield), guitarist Jack Petruzzelli (Joan Osbourne), engineer Pete Keppler (David Bowie), Grammy nominated mixer Marty Brumbach (Laurie Anderson, Clem Snide) and Grammy award winning mixer Bo Boddie
Now it's time to get out of the recording studio and back on stage. "I just drove out to Long Island City to pick up the new CD's at the plant. On the way back over the 59th street bridge with the boxes stacked up all around me, I slid the CD into the car stereo. I've got a new record. I can't wait to play these songs live."
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