FIRST FORTUNA REVIEW

From AltCountryForum.nl (translation from Dutch by Cobie Langerak):

Ah, charming: Bel Air, a small band from Brooklyn - a group that two years ago debuted with the excellent  album "Pole to Pole" has a new CD "Fortune". Allison Langerak (vocals, harmonica, keyboards), Jeff Mensch (vocals, guitar), Wyatt Tuzo (lap steel, guitar, vocals) toured the past two years from the East to the South of America.  Their sound has been   deeply enriched by the contributions of Stough Turner (bass) and Eric Kuby (drums), making "Fortune" a step up from Pole to Pole. By adding the rhythm section features this new album is clearly fuller and warmer than its predecessor. The creative energy that the group radiates by way of the drawling voice of Jeff Mensch and the sensual vocals of Allison Langerak  is boundless.
Playing with the enormous possibilities found at the interface of folk rock, indie and country, they create a world where nothing seems impossible. Mood and emotion are central to the songs, with a big role given to vocal harmonies.. "Fortuna" is a beautiful and diverse album. Just listen to the lazy and graceful Getting There or Over Mexico,a song with a jangly sound. A tormented keyboard (Christmas), groaning electric guitars (Northern Lights) and acoustic guitars (Longing). All passionate, thoughtful or whimsical compositions by Bel Air, which remind you of  a playful lamb hopping across the meadow. Sounds reminiscent of those such as Neil Young, Cowboy Junkies, The Cranberries and The Sundays. Highly recommended!

MARQUEE

This was on the Zebulon chalk board on the night of our CD Release party!

PICS FROM ZEBULON

Here are some pictures from our CD Release party at Zebulon.  There are MORE on our website www.belairtheband.com

FORTUNA NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE!

Hey there!  Thanks to everyone who made it out to our CD Release party for FORTUNA, our second full-length album!  It was a great night and we were thrilled to have the opportunity to give away as many copies of Fortuna as we did!  If you were not able to come to the party, you can still get our CD!!   It is available for purchase on our website!!  www.belairtheband.com

Also, available on our website ....... 

T-SHIRTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are very excited about our hand-screened, American Apparel BEL AIR t-shirts!  We hope you like them!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM BEL AIR!

BEL AIR DID SOMETHING ACTIVE!

Here are some pics of Jeff and Turner playing soccer with Asher, the son of our great friends and hosts in Chapel Hill, Jill and Dan.

We're Back!!!

In more ways than one! Not only are we playing our first show in NY for a long while, we will be announcing our long awaited CD RELEASE SHOW shortly. That means FORTUNA is finally ready to see the light of day. Stay tuned for a lot more updates on the old Blog (I'm going to try and update at least a few times a week) and the start of some weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly series. It's gonna be a good winter!!!
xoxoxo,
Jeff (and Allie, Wyatt, Turner, and Eric)

HAHA

From the Onion...

LAST NIGHT

It was really great to have so many awesome friends at our show at Lakeside Lounge last night. So, thanks.

Love,
Bel Air

ALBUM COVER

CREATE YOUR BAND NAME & ALBUM COVER:

To Do This

1 - Go to Wikipedia. Hit “random”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to Quotations Page and select "random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote on the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to Flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use Photoshop or similar to put it all together.



I really feel like I lucked out with that band name.


Anyway, as you may know Bel Air is finishing up our second record. We had a hell of a time coming up with cover art and a title. We should have just used this handy set of instructions! We would have saved ourselves a lot of trouble! Luckily, it didn't come to that. We now have both art and a title. Yay! More on that later...

MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN

Bel Air is playing tomorrow night at the Lakeside Lounge!! 9pm. FREE!
Avenue B and 10th Street.

XO.

From the Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism