Bluesy, jazzy, Rock Noir with a swing all it's own. Belted out with a pitch-black sense of humor and an alarming eloquence by Brooklynâs apocalyptically original barroom troubadour and his killer trio.

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APPROXIMATE HELLHOUND features Mr Eric Eble on the Czechoslovakian upright bass, and Mr James Murray working that trap kit, with a special appearance by Ms Daria Grace on the bass, and songwriter/provocateur Paley on the vocals and the electric archtop guitar.

APPROXIMATE HELLHOUND follows the explosive and critically acclaimed REVIVAL (produced by the legendary Eric Drew Feldman), the much-lauded solo debut LUCKY'S TUNE (produced by mythic rock diety and Pixies mastermind Frank Black), as well as Paley's infamous Sub Pop single, and a dark and checkered past squandered on rock.

Think: Screamin' Jay, Sam Beckett, and a seemingly limitless capacity for laughing in the face of life's unrelenting ugliness.

APPROXIMATE HELLHOUND sounds like the voices in your head at 4 am.

If they had a sense of humor. And you could shake your ass to them.

Just listen.

Alright. Here's what some other people have to say:

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"A voice to turn good girls bad...Maybe crazy but damn exciting."
--The Village Voice

"Straightforward, sarcastic, funny and gifted at putting a song together."
--New York Press

"Put simply, the Reid Paley Trio knows how to get down. He's got mischief in his eye, Elvis in his joints, and booze everywhere else."
--NYRock

"Reduce-you-to-tears razor wit...Reid Paley ought to be a household name."
--Pittsburgh City Paper

"For all his simplicity, Reid is like nobody else."
--Seattle Weekly

"A proudly weird talent with a nervy raw appeal."
--Time Out New York

"For fans of churlish honesty and unaffected one-man shows, REVIVAL is a nonstop riot."
--San Francisco Weekly

"More messy jazz from a drunken genius."
--City Life, Manchester UK

"A soot-black sense of humor as biting as an underfed Rottweiler."
--Cleveland Free Times

"Best Of Manhattan"
--New York Press

"One of the East Coast's best-kept secrets, his wryly misanthropic schtick is all his own. Live, he is the Bill Hicks of the blues. You need to see him."
--What's On In London

Revival: "Best 50 Albums of the Year"
--Alternative Press

Four Stars
--GermanRollingStone

"As Baudelaire was the spleen of Paris, Reid Paley is the spleen of New York... How else could he write such messianic blues, such prophetic rock 'n' roll?"
--442éme Rue, Paris

"An unholy howl of a voice."
--CMJ

"Though records like Revival drip with talent, sweat and humor, live is the way to experience Paley."
--The Village Voice

"A great musical attraction...a sort of Sinatra for the disaffected."
--Mississippi Reflector

"Actually, it's more than one date with this vampiric Brooklyn songwriter - it's four. And lucky us. Paley lives on the darker side of Saturday night, his witty ballads backed by a Czechoslovakian upright bass, a trap kit, and a voice that sounds like a bag of gravel in a blender. Just remember - his drawl is worse than his bite."
--City Life, Manchester UK

"Reid Paley is the kind of artist Seattle loves."
--The Stranger

"Paley's bare-boned and bloody-knuckled approach grabs you like a shot of tequila that's gone down the wrong pipe."
--Aquarian Weekly

"A jarring reminder of what rock'n'roll once was and could be again."
--The Washington Times

"A legend waiting to happen."
--Muzic.com

"What? You want some kind of description of the artist and his music? Just fucking listen to the guy and enjoy his prowess."
-- Frank Black






Go to www.reidpaley.com and www.myspace.com/reidpaleytrio .