Mermaid and the Crashers with Castles in Spain at Up the Creek Records

"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

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