Suicide Mission, by Christopher Peifer

Suicide Mission

by Christopher Peifer

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1.	Madrid 02:55	buy track
2.	All Shook Down 03:08	buy track
3.	Bottle Rockets 02:39	buy track
4.	Puss n Boots 02:50	buy track
5.	This Broken Heart 02:44	buy track
6.	Throw You a Line 02:43	buy track
7.	Robin Hood in Reverse 02:18	buy track
8.	Suicide Mission 03:59	buy track
9.	Poughkeepsie 02:30	buy track
10.	Stanton Drive 03:07	buy track

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“An impressive and long overdue solo debut. Peifer proves to be an appealing singer and exceptional songwriter. Of course he excels at writing catchy pop tunes with hooks. I look forward to much more from him as a solo artist and/or band leader.” - Lord Rutledge, Faster and Louder fasterandlouderblog.blogspot.com/2020/08/christopher-peifer-suicide-mission.html

“Absolutely brilliant!” - Wayne Lundqvist Ford, The Ice Cream Man
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/icecreammanpowerpop1967/episodes/2020-08-12T21_11_36-07_00

"New York's Christopher Peifer has gained notoriety in rock 'n' roll circles with such outfits as the Kowalskis, Frances Farmer My Hero, and, currently, Blockhouses. Peifer (guitar, bass, lead vocals) makes his solo debut with able assistance from Cold Spring's Todd Giudice (drums, vocals), his collaborator in another band, Pig Iron. The 10 tracks here range from the crunching sun-blasted power pop of "Madrid" to the jangling lover's lament of "Poughkeepsie." The record has an intimate, bedroom song quality that was engineered and mixed at Giudice's Roots Cellar Studio. "This Broken Heart" boasts some fine, understated guitar work in the service of witty couplets recalling the jaundiced pop smarts of Elvis Costello." - Jeremy Schwartz, Chronogram
www.chronogram.com/hudsonvalley/album-review-christopher-peifer-suicide-mission/Content?oid=12037105

“Music in the Time of Coronavirus: Christopher Peifer blasts out of lockdown with a bare-knuckle new album.” - Kirsten Ferguson, 518 Profiles Magazine issuu.com/ininkny/docs/2020_september_518_profiles_magazine/30

“Strong hooks and catchy melodies – the kind that listeners will play on repeat.” - John McKinney, The Journal Gazette www.journalgazette.net/entertainment/music/20200814/on-mission-to-embrace-nostalgia

“Christopher Peifer’s scrappy indie-rock could easily be your new favourite.” - Darryl Sterdan, The Tinnitist tinnitist.com/2020/07/23/submission-accomplished-12-fantastic-finds-from-the-digital-mailbox/

“Chris Peifer has played with and for a blizzard of bands during his 30-year career as a bass guitarist (“groovy metal, punk, art-rock, folk-rock, singer-songwriter stuff”), but it is only now that he has recorded his first solo album, Suicide Mission." - Alison Rooney, The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org/2020/08/17/that-philipstown-sound/

“Christopher Peifer Releases New Album 'Suicide Mission': The record is straight-forward: guitar, bass, and drums; somewhere between bare knuckle, and unpretentious-to-brutal honesty. Peifer digs into the essence, and plays for the song. Still, there are some sonic treats to enjoy, and some satisfying musical twists, and clever lyrical turns to discover.” -Broadway World www.broadwayworld.com/article/Christopher-Peifer-Releases-New-Album-Suicide-Mission-20200710

“Capital Region Music Veteran Releases First Solo LP: After 30 years in the music business — writing, recording, touring, and performing as a collaborator, bandmate, and sometimes sideman — Christopher Peifer has released his first full-length solo record. Peifer spent his formative years in the Capital Region in the 1990s playing with local artists like Sandy McKnight, Stephen Clair, John Powhida, the Staziaks, and Nick Bisanz. “One of my favorite bands, The Figgs, from Saratoga, have kept it going for 30 years, whereas in 30 years I’ve played in 30 bands,” he says. Recorded over the past year and musically inspired by everyone from Elvis Costello to The Replacements, The Figgs to Roy Orbison and Hüsker Dü, the album “Suicide Mission" is “art and love in the time of coronavirus,” Peifer says. The title symbolizes the pursuit of a life in rock n roll, especially at a certain age, and likens it to a kind of suicide mission, or a kamikaze flight.” - Saratoga Today saratogatodaynewspaper.com/today-in-saratoga/pulse/item/12189-capital-region-music-veteran-releases-first-solo-lp

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released August 15, 2020

Christopher Peifer: guitars, bass, lead vocals
Todd Giudice: drums, backing vocals, additional acoustic guitars

Produced by Todd Giudice and Christopher Peifer
Engineered and mixed by Todd Giudice at Roots Cellar Studio, Cold Spring, NY
Mastered by Paul Gold at Salt Mastering, Brooklyn

All songs © Christopher Peifer (2020)
℗ ekkyklema (ASCAP)

Garageland NYC (GL0021)

Cover illustration by Sarah MacGhee

www.chrispei.com

SPECIAL THANKS: ELIZABETH CHANEY & WILLIAM MACGHEE, SARAH MACGHEE, DONGHYUK CHANG, PHILIP LANZ, ANDREW WITTKAMPER, KIMBERLY MILLER, SCOTT KILLIAN, MARK LAWRENCE, ANDY GREGORY, JENN MENDELSON, EMMA RUOPP, DEBBIE CRAWFORD & ISLEY O’JAY JOHNSON, DAVID LARMORE, DIANE DOWLING, STEVEN M JORDAN, ANDREW EDWARDS, 500 HATS,STEVEN SHIFFMAN & THE LAND OF NO, MOM & DAD, MATT & YVETTE,SUSAN, RACHEL

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Christopher Peifer New York, New York

"Peifer has established himself as one of the most dependable solo artists in today's power pop scene." - Faster and Louder. With The Kowalskis, Sir, and Frances Farmer My Hero, Chris has performed in 14 countries.
He cofounded Blockhouses with Guy Lyons of The Figgs.
Chris embarked upon his solo project during COVID, landing on the gold standard of the genre, Little Steven's Underground Garage. ... more

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