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figs in the news...

"The Figs' new CD, What Keeps Me Up At Night, is filled with antique twang,
slowly plucked strings, and soothing harmonies, floating around a picturesque landscape of good and bad men, wary women, guns, love, boats, trains, buses, escape and a load of other cool things with function like a soundtrack to an imaginary film aboutwomen at the turn of the century...the music and songs never get tedious,
continuously luring the listener further into the next procession of tracks like
chapters in a hardbound book that you'd rather not end."
- Dege Legg, The Independent | Lafayette, LA (july 2008)

"The all-women sextet The Figs looks like a country-time tea party of pretty girls in pretty dresses, but it rocks, Cajun-style, like a roadhouse full of moonshine and buckshot."
- Allison Fensterstock, Gambit Weekly | New Orleans, LA (july 2008)

"I was really amazed by the level of talent of The Figs; they are able to easily replicate
so many different sounds and yet they manage to retain their individuality. It is odd,
yet compelling, how The Figs remind the listener of so many bands yet still
not sound like anyone but themselves. "
-Jesse White, The Corner News | Auburn, AL (july 2008)

"The Figs have taken a completely different tack by cutting their own path.
The shows are filled with lovely harmonies and a sense of being
delightfully out of phase with modernity."
-Alex V. Cook, Country Roads Magazine | Baton Rouge, LA (may 2008)

"On Cross that Bridge, they recorded one of the most haunting songs of the year."
- Nick Pittman, OFFBEAT MAGAZINE New Orleans, LA

"From blues to rockabilly to straight-up old-timey and haunting a capella,
these ladies make the vintage stuff sound fresh and the new stuff sound retro."
- Sharon Arms Doucet, AUTHOR | Lafayette, LA (april 2007)

"With the girls decked out in modest dresses, each of The Figs' live shows
acts as a throwback to equally modest times. It's all girls. It's dresses.
It's rootsmusic laced with sugar-sweet harmonies."
-Tim Landry, TIMES OF ACADIANA | Lafayette, LA (august 2007)

"In listening to their music, one is at first struck by the captivating three- and four-part harmonies as they adeptly tackle old-time country, folk, rockabilly and bluegrass songs, along with some original lyrics and musical arrangements thrown into the mix."
-Kelli Moore, TIMES PICAYUNE | New Orleans, LA (june 2008)

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