“Arresting music marked by unaffected whimsy, dreamy imagery and insinuating melodies.” - SF Chronicle
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“’10 Jazz Favorites in 2011 and Then Some’– Whether performing pop tunes, French chanson or dream-ridden originals, they create arresting music marked by unaffected whimsy, surreal imagery and insinuating melodies.” –KQED
“as soon as Laura Weinbach starts to play, everyone within earshot immediately revises their previous opinions of her, from tiny cutie to big roaring genius.” – SF Weekly
“Laura Weinbach of Foxtails Brigade has a voice like the sirens of Homer’s Odyssey. It draws you in with its sheer beauty and takes you places where you teeter on the edge of bliss and terror. Foxtails Brigade’s debut album, The Bread And The Bait, is chock full of dreamy chamber-pop with a sharp edge. ” – Best New Bands
“[Laura Weinbach's] charm is not nearly as impenetrable as her cosmic poetry or, for that matter, the band’s baroque-like music. Stay tuned for more from this very special group. – Kata Rokkar
“We all know the dream world that Foxtails Brigade strolls through; that intimacy is what makes this one so memorable.” –Music Emissions
“[Weinbach] looks like a character plucked from a Lewis Carroll tale, and yet beneath that surface, she’s fierce. The tracks on [Foxtails Brigade's] new album sound a bit like old Victorian song cycles. But they’re refreshing.” – East Bay Express
By turns moody, pastoral and even occasionally frightening, The Bread And The Bait takes the simplicity of its construction and makes the most of it. -Spectrum Culture
“Weinbach decorates The Bread and the Bait with ditties at once fanciful and childlike, but it’s her propensity for sudden tantrums of discordance that prevents her songs from sounding precious. It may be an acquired taste, but then again, isn’t that true for the better things in life? - Exclaim
“music that doesn’t sound like very much else out there these days. A fascinating album…. “- Popmatters
“sweet and powerful…” – SF Weekly
“a simply stunning album.” – Jersey Beat
“offers something new and exciting to the listener privileged enough to hear it. ” – Chart
“Weinbach has a killer voice!” -Woman’s Radio
“I’d initially thought that Halifax, thanks to Black Flag-coverin’, banjo totin’ crusts, was the benchmark for excellent busking. Untrue. Here, we randomly wander into San Francisco’s Foxtails Brigade performing “Pan-Asian Delight.” Them Halifax punks ain’t got shit on this.” – Fast Forward
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