Instrumentation
Chris Cubeta- Guitar/Lead Vocals
John Passineau - Bass/Backing Vocals
Jeff Berner- Guitar/Backing Vocals
Marc Capaldo - Drums

Biography

“Breakfast on the table/shoelace untied/it's better in some other place/at least for tonight,” whispers Chris Cubeta toward the end of Faithful (2006), the follow-up to his 2003 debut Sugar Sky. It's a bittersweet reflection that captures both the poignancy and purpose of the singer/songwriter’s many-colored vision. In Cubeta’s universe, the heroes are the heartbroken vagabonds, the wistful winos and all the other overlooked beauty-seekers of his “crooked candy world.” More than anything, Chris Cubeta is an intensely personal writer, whose songs offer listeners an unfiltered peak into his often-messy, always-wild universe.

While his lyrics combine nuance-soaked imagery with a brash, incisive point-of-view, Cubeta's sound is equally eclectic, combining the wispy, sensitivity of the singer/songwriter with the unbridled thrill of rock and roll. Faithful is an artistic declaration, full of offbeat characters, ecstatic revelations and unfiltered emotion. It is the kind of record that unabashedly announces the arrival of a new and necessary young artist whose urgent and desperate approach to songwriting is all too rare in contemporary music. Says Jason Warburg of The Daily Vault, “(Faithful) is literate roots-rock of the first order, full of sharply-drawn characters, powerful arrangements and raw revelations, sung in a voice passionate enough to dare any cynic to believe.” Time Out New York calls The Liars Club “ a sturdy, passionate, local roots-rock quartet.”

In 2007, Cubeta released Change, a stripped-down, 7-song EP highlighted by the reflective title track that ponders the inertia of quiet lives and the struggle to evolve as human beings. The EP includes several new songs as well as re-interpretations of songs from Cubeta’s previous records.

Cubeta's live show is bolstered by his high-octane band The Liars Club – Jeff Berner on guitars, Marc Capaldo on drums and John Passineau on bass. Each brings his own flair to a show that is a dynamic blend of passionate, guitar-infused energy and down-home, rootsy melancholy. Cubeta presides over every gig with the subtle and sure hand of a seasoned performer, deftly alternating between wowing the crowd with his guitar and telling the silhouetted stories of the unsung.

Cubeta is an accomplished musician, who played nearly every instrument on Sugar Sky, as well as a skilled solo performer who has opened for Chris Trapper (formerly of The Pushstars). A longtime resident of upstate New York, Chris moved to Brooklyn in 2005 and the band has since played prime slots at some of the city's most prestigious rooms –Pianos, The Bitter End, Trash, The Delancey, Crash Mansion and Rockwood Music Hall to name a few. In 2007, The Liars Club opened for singer-songwriter Gary Jules (“Mad World,” Donnie Darko soundtrack) and embarked on its first-ever East Coast tour, with stops in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Richmond, Raleigh, Nashville, Boston and others. The Liars Club is also proud to announce that it has secured a 2008 June residency (Mondays at 10 PM) at The Living Room, one of New York’s most prestigious rooms.

Go to www.chriscubeta.com for more information.

Discography
Chris Cubeta – Galuminumfoil Presents Live
Chris Cubeta – Sugar Sky (2003)
Chris Cubeta & The Liars Club – Faithful (2006)
Chris Cubeta – Change