A Fine Frenzy is the music of 21 year-old Alison Sudol.
Born in Seattle to dramatic-arts teacher parents, Alison moved to Los Angeles at the age five. With her newly single mother, Alison moved frequently around the city. She developed a strong love for the fantastic literary worlds of CS Lewis, EB White, Lewis Carroll and Charles Dickens, while becoming a passionate author in her own right.
Alison also immersed herself in classical music, Motown, Aretha Franklin, swing bands, Ella Fitzgerald, Elton John, Louis Armstrong, the Beatles, Technicolor movies and classic 1950's television.
After teaching herself to play piano, Alison increasingly invested her internal narratives into song form. She found solace in the melodic melancholia of new global British bands Aqualung, Radiohead, Coldplay and Keane, etc... She was also moved by the diatonic minimalism of Philip Glass and the transportive allure of Icelandic music (Bjork, Sigur Ros.) Inspired, Alison developed the sound of A Fine Frenzy - hypnotic piano arrangements under classic American melody fused into irresistible, atmospheric songs with the power to reach around the world.
Alison Sudol piano, keyboards, vocals, background vocals, creative director
Chris Fuhrman mixing
Danny Kalb keyboards, programming, mixing
David Levita acoustic guitar, balance engineer
Hal Cragin bass, guitar, producer
Joel Derouin concert master
Joey Waronker percussion, drums
Kevin McKeever piano, keyboards
Larry Corbett - cello, soloist
Lukas Burton - keyboards, programming, producer
Lyle Workman guitar
Michael Brauer mixing
Michael Chaves - guitar
Michael Valerio engineer, double bass, string arrangements
