On Repeat: Avi Buffalo – What’s In It For?
Posted by: nick
So while digging through a recent back log of tracks in our iTunes we stumbled across this absolute gem from new Long Beach band and recent Sub Pop signings Avi Buffalo. ‘What’s in it for?’ is the four piece’s debut single and promises much for their album to follow in Spring 2010.
For Fans Of: Ween, Forest Fire, Wilco.
‘What’s In It For? features perhaps one of the most bizarre lyrics of the year too: “You are tiny and your lips are like little pieces of bacon,”. Our thoughts exactly.
The single is available on 7 inch vinyl and comes backed with b-side ‘Jessica’, it’s released on December 8th through Sub Pop.
You can also download five early recordings from Avi Buffalo’s bandcamp. Some amazing tracks there, look out for ‘Time On You’ especially.
Here’s some background via Sub Pop:
Avi Buffalo is the adopted name of Avigdor Zahner-Isenberg, an 18 year-old singer/songwriter and guitarist from Long Beach , CA. Avi Buffalo is also the name of the band he formed with friends and like-minded collaborators Sheridan Riley (drums), Arin Fazio (bass) and Rebecca Coleman (keyboards and vocals). Though Avi started recording songs 3 years ago, during his sophomore year in high school, amidst the dissolution of his previous band Monogram, it wasn’t until Bill Cutts of Outsider Folk asked Avi to play a show in 2007 that Avi Buffalo the band came to be. This first show was an acoustic set at the Zephyr Café in Long Beach. Through the following summer and a local music festival that fall, the band became an altogether more electric thing. And soon they were asked to play shows in Los Angeles. They did and then kept on doing it. A year later Avi and Aaron Embry (who has played with folks like Elliott Smith, Daniel Lanois, Emmylou Harris, Beth Orton, and a whole slew of others) began recording the songs that will become the band’s first record. At the prompting of early fan and Sub Pop A&R Head Tony Kiewel, the band toured up to Seattle, played a show, met folks at the label, and began what we all hope will be a very long and happy relationship.
Here’s an awesome session video courtesy of Aquarium Drunkard where you can also grab some session mp3s.
mp3: Avi Buffalo – Whats In It For?
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