Artist description This group is really a travel agency selling only first-class tickets to the places their music takes you. They see to the accomodations, and always give the listener the aural equivalent of a balcony seat at a street festival. You don't have to wish you were somewhere else, just leave the driving to them! Each tune suspends those magic minutes between sundown and twilight, with no regrets or remorse. House of Swank proves that a photo always looks sweeter in a frame, and there is still room in the world for gorgeous melodies and intricate arrangements. Please book your one-way passage to Swanktown, and make sure to bring your dance card. Pack extra heavy and enjoy the trip, because I guarantee you'll never want to return. --Ed Loux

Music Style Cocktail music for the 21st century! Bossa Nova, Lounge, Swing, Tropical Exotica, Space-Age Bachelor Pad Music

Similar Artists Combustible Edison, Stereolab, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Martin Denny, Esquivel, Wes Montgomery, Burt Bacharach, Julie London, Squirrel Nut Zippers (see also Ween, Velvet Underground, Phish, Beck)

Artist History Members of this Trenton-area band have played with Combo Holiday, Metro, Ween, Moe Tucker (of the Velvet Underground), Amfibian (with members of Phish), Chris Harford and f-hole. Members have also shared the bill with Leon Russell, Henry Rollins and Bigger Thomas.

Group Members Robin Terrault (Vocals, Keyboard), Marcel Chouteau (Baritone Ukulele, Vocals), Bob Deverell (Guitar), Matt Kohut (Upright Bass), J.P. Wasicko (Percussion, Drums), Max Crandall (Drums), Jim Stagnitto (Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Ocarina), Steve Peckman (Tenor and Soprano Saxophone, Flute), Pat Terrault (Harmonica).

Albums Ladies and Gentlemen

Press Reviews Do you ever feel that some retro Lounge acts feel superior to their material? House of Swank's brand of retro Lounge keeps the irony at bay and has the musical chops to pull it off. Although their foundation is pop-jazz, vocal albums, and old soundtracks, their members actually come from the rock world and have played with such Alternative acts as Ween, Henry Rollins, and Moe Tucker. But you wouldn't know it by listening to them, especially with chanteuse Robin Terrault singing a fine batch of original tunes -- her Bossa Nova rhythms and femme fatale vocals play it so sincerely, it all comes off like a Rickie Lee Jones cameo on The Courtship of Eddie's Father. The lack of any smugness may give the Bill Bixby in you the warm fuzzies, but these cool tunes aim for the show's groovy uncle in the Nehru jacket. --Nick Dedina, Listen.com

Location Trenton, NJ - USA

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