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Foxtailsomersault

Atmospheric guitars, layers of noise, and dreamy vocals dance on top of deep and steady rhythms to create a unique blend of melodic shoegaze that is called Foxtail Somersault.

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Hometown	San Francisco, CA
Genres	Indie Rock, Alt. Rock
Band Members	Elizabeth Anderson; Seiken Nakama; James Spadaro; Brian... » more
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Contact Information:	Artist / Band Member S Nakama snakama@gmail.com 415-602-8607
# Years Experience Performing Live:	6
Market Draw:	San Francisco: 76-100; Los Angeles: 51-75; Seattle: 51-75
Venue History:	Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA The Independent - San Francisco, CA mezzanine - san francsico, CA Cafe Du Nord - San Francisco, CA The Rickshaw Stop - San Francisco, CA White Eagle Saloon - Portland, OR Black Lodge - Seattle, WA Bottom Of The Hill - San Francisco, CA Club Violane - Los Angeles, CA The Red Devil Lounge - San Francisco, CA Elbo Room - San Francisco, CA Skinless Productions - Kansas City , MO Double Door - Chicago, IL Mindwave - Los Angeles, CA Sweet Lou's - Cotati, CA Oakland Metro - Oakland, CA Blakes on Telegraph - Berkeley, CA The Stork Club - Oakland, CA Ivy Room - Berkeley, CA Make Out Room - San Francisco, CA Hotel Utah - San Francisco, CA El Balazo/SubMission - San Francisco, CA Hangar 1018 - Los Angeles, CA Edinburgh Castle - San Francisco, CA The Knockout - San Francisco, CA Timeout Bar - Concord, CA Studio Z - San Francisco, CA House of Shields - San Francisco, CA El Rio - San Francisco, CA Rockit Room - San Francisco, CA Grant Park - Citi Stage - Chicago, IL
Opener Experience:	The Rosebuds; Menomena; Bettie Serveert; Holly Miranda
Similar Artists:	My Bloody Valentine; Cocteau Twins; Slowdive
Performing Rights Society:	ASCAP
Discography:	Reflection EP—2010; Fathom EP—2008

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Foxtail Somersault has a colorful composition style that can be compared to Blonde Redhead. While they’ve been on the college radio scene for a few years, throughout their evolution, the shoegaze band has explored instrumentation that is both cinematic...

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Performance at Noise Pop 2008

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Foxtail Somersault is bringing back the pretty by Rightround Music
Foxtail Somersault, "Motionland" From San Francisco, Foxtail Somersault is bringing back the pretty, etheral sounds of the early-90s shoegaze movement. For fans of Slowdive, Pale Saints.

layers of opalescent electricity by losingtoday.it
Five cards dream pop directly from San Francisco. E cinque anche le firme in calce alle sognanti immagini sonore: Seiken Nakama (chitarre), Catherine Howland (voce), James Spadaro (altre chitarre), Brian Anderson (basso) e Mark Dungey (batteria). And even five signatures at the bottom of the dreamy images sound: Seiken Nakama (guitars), Catherine Howland (vocals), James Spadaro (other guitars), Brian Anderson (bass) and Mark Dungey (drums). I Foxtail Somersault non nascondo le proprie influenze musicali: Slowdive, Lush, Here e anche i più attuali Asobi Seksu. The Foxtail Somersault not hide their musical influences: Slowdive, Lush, Here and even the most current Asobi Seksu. La voce di Catherine carezza le forme sinuose delle canzoni mentre le chitarre costruiscono uno strato di elettricità opalescente dentro il quale si distinguono con diffcoltà tutti i particolari, mentre emerge sempre con chiarezza la struttura ritmica portante. The voice of Catherine caress the sinuous forms of songs while the guitars build a layer of opalescent electricity within which differ with diffcoltà all the details, while always emerge with clarity the structure rhythmic backbone. Si viaggia a stretto contatto con il tetto della troposfera nel magnifico finale di “A Love Song part 1”. It travels in close contact with the roof of the troposphere in the magnificent final of "A Love Song Part 1".

4/5 Owls - We Say: Buy the record by The Owl Magazine
The Owl Fathom, the EP from the San Francisco based band F... Fathom, the EP from the San Francisco based band Foxtail Somersault, is a lot like summer love. It's not particularly deep, but it's intense, captivating, exciting, and, most importantly, it's fun. With simple, dreamy melodies that slowly but surely crescendo into frenzied and distorted walls of sound with healthy doses of reverb, Fathom makes the perfect soundtrack for lounging on a hot summer night. The album's final track, "A Love Song Pt. 1," is especially proper, and fans of Explosions In The Sky will appreciate it in all its wordless majesty. Unfortunately, Fathom also shares that quality of summer and love that we like the least: it ends all too soon, and we're left wanting more. - Jan Andres

Ear plugs not included by SF Bay area Guardian
Earplugs not included: I can listen to fuzzy walls of noise until my hearing decays to the point that even everyday sounds come across like droney shoegazer songs. And so Foxtail Somersault is a perfect match for me. The San Francisco five-piece lists Slowdive, Explosions in the Sky, and My Bloody Valentine as influences, and on their demo they pull off a surprisingly well-crafted mix of those acts. Guitars twitter and build up songs humbly and quietly until they swell and reach epic heights. Each song is heavily processed in a reverb wash that makes it sound like the band is playing across a mile-wide, emptied orchestra hall. Yep, a perfect match, for sure. - Sean Patrick Maylone

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Stage Size: 12' x 7'
1 vocal mic & 1 mono 1/4" DI for a Sampler

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