"Mermaid and The Crashers plays psycho-delic rock influenced by both past and present rock and punk."
Castles in Spain
The San Francisco Bay Guardian describes the music as "Bombay
Zeppelin. "Imagine Jimmy Page and Robert Plant riding through the
desert, kicking up dust and camel shit at some Cairo bazaar, where
Chrissie Hynde is sitting in with Jane's Addiction, playing Black Sabbath
and middle-eastern folk music."
Castles In Spain is fronted by lead singer, Biachi who continues the
tradition of outstanding female vocalists to emerge from the San
Francisco music scene. Her voice might have you doing a double-take
for the name Grace Slick or Sinead O'Connor. Castles In Spain have
been using their brilliant but hard to peg music and powerful
performance style to benefit others by holding annual breast cancer
benefits.
Online Rock magazine writes "you cannot categorize the music yet the
music has a pop sensibility and the performances are passionate and
sincere. The band has an amazing ability to speak to their audiences."
1340 Magazine writes "the music is at once tough, lush and hypnotic,
often reminiscent of the epic sounding Janes Addiction."Independently
released 5 CD's. Recently, one of Castles In Spain's songs received
"honorable mention" for the 15th Annual Billboard Songwriting Awards
contest! Also to credit, Biachi won first place vocalist in the finals in the
Emergenza World Band competition, with all other members winning
second and third place with drums, bass and guitar. Completing the
Castles' sound are Joe Birtola & Stephanie Lee on bass, Nissim Aharon
on keys, and Orlando Castro on drums. Castles In Spain fans have
been hounding their heroes for a handful of years at San Francisco hot
spots like Bottom Of The Hill, The Great American Music Hall, Red Devil
Lounge and Slim's. The band is no stranger to regional touring
extending their reach to San Jose, Monterey, Modesto, Sacramento,
Chico, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Nevada. Currently CIS is
recording their 6th independent release. You can find their past 5
records onI Tunes and Spotify. The main website is currently being
revamped.
Currently you can get all updated information on the band at:
reverbnation.com/castlesinspain
bandmix.com/cis
