Sgt Dunbar and the Hobo Banned

Sgt. Dunbar and the Hobo Banned

BIOGRAPHY:

Sgt Dunbar and the Hobo Banned is an eight-piece indie/folk collective from Albany, New York. Formed in 2005, the collective was inspired by the likes of Southern-based “Elephant 6”, from which the band delivers its own epic instrumentation of sound.

Sgt Dunbar and the Hobo Banned are gaining wide recognition for both high quality and energetic live performances. The band has opened for such great acts as the Rock Plaza Central, The Avett Brothers, Dear Tick, Wye Oak and many more.

BAND MEMBERS:

Alex Muro- vocals,guitars, accordion.
Tim Koch- trumpet, euphonium, drums, vocals, tuba, guitars, trombone, noises, wood flute, ukelele, typewriter, feedback, accordion, coffee mugs.
Dan Pardee - singing saws, accordion, vocals, piano, typewriter, trombone, trombent, kazoo, avant garde steel chair, harmonica, drums, squeaky glass pot top.
Donna Baird – cornet, french horn, vocals.
Eric Krans - bass, mandolin, bass drum, vocals, noise.
Adam Muro - banjo, saxophone, flute, sax noise.
Louis Apicello – trumpet, flugel horn.
Jen O’Connor – violin, percussion, vocals, mandolin, lil’ tikes, typewriter.
Adam Zurbruegg - bass, vocals, guitar, drums.

PRESS QUOTES:

“The Hobo Banned’s psych-folk songs don’t hearken back to the past as much as they yearn for the future.”

-Metroland Best of 2007

[Sgt Dunbar's songs are] catchy, wide-eyed, loose and delightfully shambolic postmodern folk with horns.

-Philip Schwartz, Schenectady Gazette

Cars are heavy too.

-Said the Gramophone

Philosophically minded songs as conjured up by the Salvation Army band on acid.

-Greg Haymes, Times Union (best local cds of 2007)

No matter who you hear in their sound or compare them to, there is loads here to love.

-My Old Kentuky Blog

Bordélique? Plutôt. Jouissif? Sûrement.

-The Man from Rennes Steals Our Hearts

DISCOGRAPHY:

The Thing About Time
Sgt Dunbar & the Hobo Banned
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The Thing About Time delves into the nooks and crannies of time itself. This new release by Sgt Dunbar & the Hobo Banned is officially their third release, but the first to feature their current 7 piece onstage lineup. It features six multi-instrumentalists playing a style of psych-folk that has become synonymous with Sgt Dunbar, and vocalist Alex Muro using every inch of his vocal chords to relay to you an epiphany he stumbled upon.

Described as “a freight train of a band that will knock you down and help you up again before you hit the ground” and “a magical, music circus with accordion, saw, exuberance and wit”, Sgt Dunbar & the Hobo Banned have been narrowing in on a loose but purposeful multilayered sound over the years, and they have accomplished it here on the self-recorded and produced The Thing About Time.

Selected by Albany’s Times Union as one of the best local albums of the year.

Track List
1. Passing Time
2. Dave’s Song
3. Don’t Fall Asleep
4. The Weight
5. Move Your Memories part I
6. Move Your Memories part II
7. Realism is the Purest Form of Art
8. Telescope
9. Communist Father
10. Coin Operated Boy
11. Spleen & Ideal
12. I Blow As Aimless as the Wind