"With its semicountrified, punk-influenced music that recalls Neil Young, Clem Snide, the Flaming Lips, and an assortment of '90s alternarock bands, the group doesn't simply pull off acoustic trio rock, it makes it seem natural." -- The Boston Globe
"The Best 'unsigned' group in America, and the hardest-working best live act in indie roc." Fox News- Roger Friedman Fox411
"Powerful and Passionate" --Hartford Courant
"Without settling too comfortably into any one particular niché of the contemporary folk-rock scene Three Cheers for the Cheated is a big step up from Fancy Trash's debut, showcasing the band's strengths on 11 varied, energetic songs." -- All Music Guide
"Acoustic rock with a punk aesthetic retains an ironic charm, especially when tackled with the sloppy idealism of a band like Fancy Trash." -- Nashville Scene
Fancy Trash works the line between rock and folk, blending a non-traditional sensibility with the tradition of acoustic instruments to make something unique. Folk for the Anti-folk. Don't let the acoustic instruments
fool you, they are a rock band
Now with a few years and over 500 shows behind them, Dave Houghton (vocals, guitars), Paul Kochanski (upright bass) and Jason Smith (drums) continues to explore new ways to bring out the folk for the anti-folk.
Fancy Trash has toured extensively up and down the East coast and through the Midwest, Texas, Colorado and California. They have opened for national acts such as The Jayhawks, Gordon Gano (Violent Femmes), Calexico, Marah, BR549, Lucero, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Devotchka. Fancy Trash has played the South by Southwest Festival and the Green River Music Festival this year as well as shared bills with notable regional acts like The Figgs, Haunt, Spouse and Mark Mulcahy.
Fancy Trash's charged live shows earned the band a reputation as a successful act at venues around the United States such as T.T. the Bear's (Cambridge, MA), Hotel Utah (San Francisco, CA), Elbo Room (Chicago IL), Fox Theater (Boulder, CO), Foundation Room @ The House of Blues (Los Angeles CA), The Mercury Lounge (NYC) and Iron Horse (Northampton, MA).
