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Abigail Grush
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Out of 4 votes - Similar Artists: The Kat and Mike Club, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Carl Stalling, Milt Franklyn
Out of 4 votes
- Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
- Genre: Alternative/Punk » Indie Rock
Editor's review
Based in Portland since 1992, songwriter Grush has been present for both grunge and the recent Pacific Northwest resurgence, and her quirky compositions seem to have absorbed (or inspired) much of the bizarre charm of her corner of the country. Her songs jump from klezmer to folk to lo-fi rock, and the only proper comparison is to Mr. Zappa.
Biography
Abigail Grush is a Portland-based songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist who has been playing in the Pacific Northwest since 1992 with her own groups (PeaSoup and The Phantom Beat), and has also performed and recorded with many other Seattle-area musicians including Aiko Shimada, This Busy Monster, Harvey Danger, Swing Country USA, and many more.
Her unique musical style has been compared to Frank Zappa, Laurie Anderson, Kurt Weil, Captain Beefheart, and "Carl Stalling as a producer and arranger for female singer songwriter rock." Her influences also range from the Kinks to Talking Heads to The Residents to Satie, Bartok, and Irish folk music.
She currently has one full-length CD out on Seattle's Barsuk Records ("Abigail Grush - The Phantom Beat") which showcases her original songwriting style, vocal harmonies, and diverse instrumentation and features a variety of guest musicians including Cassie Peek and Frank Pullen from PeaSoup, Mark Collins of Aiko Shimada Band, and many others.
