Press Items

“Combining the bedroom intimacy of a singer-songwriter with the expansive musical prowess of a psych-jazz outfit, The Mumbles are quickly rising through the ranks of New York City’s ultra-competitive music scene.”

Seven Days Vermont – 7 Days Vermont

“The Mumbles play tunes in the key of partying down”

Time Out – Time Out New York

“A knack for writing songs that are instantly familiar while being very much their own creations. It’s this little knack that makes songwriters into superstars”

Wildy’s World Blog

” …richly textured art songs that are funky and beautiful”

The Danbury News TImes

“Through layers of vintage keyboards and a genre defying approach to songwriting, the Mumbles have created a new sound… sometimes gentle, sometimes brutally energetic, always hypnotic.”

Steve Wildsmith – The Daily Times

“Lounge music for the superhip. The Brooklyn, N.Y.-based duo is atmospheric, jazzy and pop-friendly. “

Tad Dickens – The Roanoke Times

“Such a rich, full sound for two people… uniquely vintage, jazzy folk. They sing harmonies, play vintage keys and look like they stepped out of 1971″

Alli Marshall – Mountain Xpress

“One swaggering duet from “EPonymous” is “Bite Size (Brawn with Brio),” which certainly left us hungry for more.”

Lisa Curtis – The Brooklyn Paper

“Genre Scoffing”
Chase Scheinbaum – The Valley Advocate

News!

Thanks for an amazing summer tour ya'll! As fall approaches, we are preparing for the busiest and most exciting year yet. Come September, we will be in the Crescent City working on a full length album with local musicians, slated for release on Halogen Records in early 2011. In October, we'll work our way north from New Orleans, with stops in TN, NC, VA, MD, and NYC.

In November, The Mumbles team up w/ jazz/funk legends, The Headhunters, for a Northeast run of record-release dates that include Brooklyn Bowl, Iron Horse, Nectar's Club Metronome, and Northstar Bar. More dates coming soon!