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ABOUT
CUBIC FEET
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Somewhere back in the
darkness that was the 80s, Mark Davison and Woody Lissauer were
introduced. Their mutual friend was the late Sam Prager, manager of
the Chrysalis band, Vigil. The two immediately began collaborating
on their first song, "Dancing in the Dark".
Eventually, the duo enlisted producer Pete Solley to help with
production. Pete had enjoyed success with several groups, among
them, The Romantics and Oingo Boingo. Across the River was
first released as a 4 song EP on vinyl, then as a 10 song CD in
1991. The CD was culled from several years of recording and featured
appearances of such performers as the Weathergirls who sang backup
on 3 songs. Two of those songs are on the first record, the third,
"Something to Show", was included in the Warren Miller feature film,
"Extreme Winter".
By this time, Cubic Feet was performing live, as well as in the
studio. They played club dates in the Baltimore / Washington area
and New York and music conferences like the New Music Seminar and
CMJ.
 Passenger
in Time, the second CD, saw the group
getting away from synthesizers to a more guitar-oriented sound. A
video was made for the song "Bitter Pill" and received much airplay,
making CMJ's top twenty. The band continued to tour, playing
festivals as far away as South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.
For the third CD, Inside Rail, the band took a leaner, meaner
approach, eschewing keyboards altogether and toughening up the
guitar sound. Twenty-one tracks were recorded within two years and
the best thirteen (including one hidden track) wound up on the
record. "Monkey" and "Lighter" were well received on the radio and
the band played on.
 The
new album, Superconnector, finds Cubic Feet, once more,
broadening their musical palette. A recently acquired Hammond organ
looms large in the musical landscape and Brian Simms and Pete Solley
make it come to life. Woody plays mandolin on two tracks. "All is
Good" features the band's first use of violin and cello. Accordion
comes in on "Save the World" and "Isabella Rossellini". You can
listen to the new tracks under Superconnector in the AUDIO section
of this site. The band will tour again with the release of this
record.
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