Fitz & The Tantrums

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Website: http://myspace.com/fitzsoulmusic

Bio: It all started with a phone call. The X. Best to let voicemail pick that
one up! YOU HAVE 1 NEW MESSAGE: “Hey, sorry to call ... (more) but my neighbor
has got to leave L.A in a hurry, he’s selling everything including this old
church organ for 50 bucks. Do you want it?” This was worth the pain of
calling the heartbreaker. “He’s got someone coming later today to see
it, I don’t know what kind it is, if it works…it’s gigantic” “Pay him, pay
him now! Put the 50 dollars in his hand!”. “Okay but the landlord says it
has to be out of the basement tonight”. 13 phone calls to piano movers
and 50 dollars later four guys were trying to fit this thing through the
front door. That was the beginning. “Breakin’ the Chains of Love” was
written that night and the inspiration for the record was born. All the
pain of splitting with someone poured out into this 5 song EP of 1960’s
inspired Soul music. SONGS FOR A BREAK-UP VOL.1 was recorded
entirely in Fitz’s living room, using one crappy old mic. The songs are
influenced by ’67 AM radio, Motown and early Hall and Oates records.
Fitz was born in France and moved to L.A. as a child. This half French,
half Irish kid fended off the California rays with a lot of sunscreen to
emerge as an artist with a vision. A soulful voice with infectious songs, (less)