Album Notes
What the critics are saying:
“One of the most diverse and listenable recordings in recent memory. “There Be Squabbles Ahead” encompasses musicianship that will appeal to a very wide audience.” – ASSOCIATED PRESS
“(Stolen Babies are) sounding like the house band from an underworld cabaret, and looking like a coulrophobe's worst nightmare. On their debut Stolen Babies bring both song craft and musicianship.” - DECIBEL
“Stolen Babies nearly defy description with their blend of metal, punk, new wave, electronica and cabaret.” – ABOUT.COM
“A great sounding record that has so much going on…. It's a wild ride from start to finish. – SEA OF TRANQUILITY
“Strange and experimental…a wide range of ‘musical attractions’” – LUNAR HYPNOSIS
"’There Be Squabbles Ahead’ is a record for everybody who loves the toxic and wild elements of (horror) punk, the morbid strangeness of batcave and deathrock, the dark flair of gothic, the edgy fragrance of cabaret, some metal-like parts and some industrial splinters. Refreshingly rrrockin' and well done record, surely a band to watch!” – VIRUS
Artist's Bio
Once upon an awkward adolescence, there was a girl that tripped often and spoke very little, a boy who ate too much junk food, but spoke a lot, and his identical twin that hit things and spoke even more. Then along came a pianist with very wiggly fingers and a baseball bat. Hence...the musical misadventures unfolded.
It all started with "The Fratellis," Stolen Babies' original 12+ member group. Horns blared, oversized dolls jumped out of toy boxes, squabbles were had, babies were stolen, turned into flies and fed to giant spiders. Eventually, the blundering theatrics came to an end, but the four stuck together.
More misadventure, more junk food...
Taking their name from a song/skit from the early days, Stolen Babies have been described as playing prog-pop-cabaret-thrash-quirky-goth-rock. Mostly though, they would just like to think that their songs are fun to dance and fall down to.
It's nearly impossible to talk about Stolen Babies without mentioning their ongoing collaboration with graphic novelist extraordinaire Crab Scrambly. His artwork has graced their early releases, website and merch. More notably you can see Crab's original paintings that provide the otherworldly landscapes to Stolen Babies video "Push Button," and of course the artwork for the bands debut full length album "There Be Squabbles Ahead," which was recorded and produced by Dan Rathbun of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.Which now brings Stolen Babies to...the beginning of The End.
STOLEN BABIES are:
Dominique Persi - lead vocals, face paint keeping, accordion sprinkling
Rani Sharone - electric and upright bass swapping, mental guitar playing, programming, sampling, vocals
Ben Rico - multiple keyboard reaching, beating, vocals
Gil Sharone - aggressive drumming
Artist's Note
Tour Dates:
08/02/07 Thu @ The Phoenix Theater, Petaluma CA (w/ Sleepytime Gorilla Museum)
08/03/07 Fri @ The Galaxy Theater, Santa Ana, CA (w/ Sleepytime Gorilla Museum)
