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Press "SF-Based duo Laughingstock crafts a subtle, ethereal sort of rock that combines textured, hypnotic drumming with the broad range of the Chapman Stick. Their sound has clear ties to adventurous classics by Talk Talk and Tindersticks, but the songs are focused enough to find appeal amongst fans of Coldplay, Radiohead, or Jeff Buckley." -Amoeba Music .................................................... "...with Alex Nahas conjuring an electric chamber orchestra on the Chapman stick and Bernfield's gently propulsive percussion, Laughingstock's impressive self-distributed third CD, "Underskin," is indeed a continuation of the distinctive slow-burning sound begun on Talk Talk's "Spirit of Eden" and "Laughing Stock": amorphous, atmospheric, wavering between exhaustion and exultation. " -Joe Brown .................................................... "Alex Nahas is the creative mainspring behind Laughingstock, which straddles the divide between alt- rock and a film-noir soundtrack... The groups sound is reminiscent of the evocative wide-screen arrangements of groups such as Tindersticks or Talk-Talk." -Billboard Magazine .................................................... "[Laughingstock's] luxurious hipster groove - which touches on jazz, prog and indie rock... seduce[s] you into a bright, pulsing mirage... Laughingstock could give Radiohead a run for its quid." -CMJ Magazine .................................................... "The poetic rock-lounge sound creeps out of the bedroom... there is a comfort listening to this music when its dark outside and quiet inside." -SF Bay Gaurdian .................................................... "laughingstock's throb-and-stroll is built around Alex Nahas' Chapman Stick, which spreads across the surface of the songs like an oil slick and renders everything slower, darker, and stickier. The melodies stick too..." -LA Weekly .................................................... "Neurons get a good workout at this gig... the blue moodiness of Laughingstock enriched by the sound of brain-massaging organs and cellos." -Willamette Week
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