PRESS QUOTES

Signal To Noise: "This ia a sprawling stylistic whirlpool, but it manages to hold together in a sort of cinematic way. It's not so much a soundtrack to a non-existent film, as it is a series of pieces which circle around a central premise"

All About Jazz: "His caustic and satirical observations of these characters [in Sirens..] have more in common with New York City playwright Eric Bogosian's material than any rock and roll band. It's straight theater. It conjures images, it's funny, and it's where Bisi shines."

NY Press: "Bisi uses the various, mostly fictitious, characters that inhabit the songs as windows into a much broader perspective."

LA Weekly: "another bout of uncategorizeable experimentation. [...] Crooning in English with a mush-mouthed voice that unwittingly evokes Jonathan Richman and the Alley Cats’ Randy Stodola, the Argentine native pays alternately baleful and sarcastic Zappa-tastic homages to such apocalyptic sirens as “Mary Maudlin,” “Buddhist Girl” and “Goth Chick ’98.” A circus-y, prog-cabaret vibe runs through the album, broken up by Bisi’s occasional demented spoken-word skits"

Alternative Press: "Inspiring material that hits an emotional nerve not often struck"

NME: "Martin Bisi is one of New York's brightest talents"

Timeout NY: "eccentric singer-songwriter material, which can suggest a manic, punky take on Leonard Cohen’s husky balladry."

CMJ: "Far from what's today considered "typical" college spin material -but of course that's all the more reason to give it an ear."

Melody Maker: "A raw untreated sewage-farm of ideas bursting with mutant life"

Billboard: "From the harmonic poetry of Sonic Youth's "EVOL" to the harrowing excess of Live Skull's "Dusted" to the scorched-earth metal-jazz of Last Exit's "Iron Path", the music documented by Bisi at BC Studio reflects a kindred urban spirit." [..] "At BC Studio, the artistic, bohemian atmosphere is palpable. A band's personality mixes with the essence of the space."

Alternative Press [interview question]: "Part of your sound seems to be chaos and confusion"

Cleveland Scene: "Bisi has just released a fearlessly demented album called Sirens of the Apocalypse.. The fierce, assured delivery of his cryptic and periodically goofy material demands serious, attentive respect"

Washington Post: "Martin Bisi is one of those unsung rock-hero types you'd know only if you peruse album credits."

NY Press: "Martin Bisi has literally had his finger on the pulse of some of the most vital underground movements to take place in music over the last 30 years."

Philadelphia City Paper: "Martin Bisi has been at a crossroads since 1979. It's a four-way intersection of ambient electronic music, industrial noise, no-wave jazz/punk and hybrid funk."

Pittsburgh City Paper: "Martin Bisi's life in music seems to mirror his description of the creative process: part spontaneous eruption, part sustained intellectual effort"

Seattle Weekly: "[Sirens Of The Apocalypse] takes some lighthearted jabs at some of the musical movements he helped midwife in the studio"

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