The many faces of Harlequin Jones set the stage for a dark cabaret, punk, and blues cocktail of music “suitably dramatic…to guide us through hell.”
Harlequin Jones infuse elements of blue devils, seedy circus life, and a rock n’ roll influenced background to challenge the listener with originality of an art experiment gone terribly right. Amanda von Loon’s trashy elegance on piano, along with rich, nearly husky vocals compliment Jesse Arcadio’s part jazz-master part scrap-metal machine drumming to result in a synergy of moxie, chemistry, and talent. |The unexpected vaudeville flair of Harlequin Jones conjurs thanks and comparisons to the like of the dresden dolls,| nick cave and the bad seeds, and pj harvey.|Harlequin Jones became a fully functional weapon officially in 2005 in an antiquated bedroom in Simi Valley, CA. Ever since Von Loon and Arcadio found their compatibility to fit like lock and key, they continue to search and destroy in the Los Angeles area.
“It may be easiest to label these Hollywood CA musicians as ‘post-punk cabaret’ but Harlequin Jones seems less cinematic then other artists embracing contemporary cabaret. Less of decaying burlesque theatre and more akin to the band playing at the corner drinking den where you wash away the memories of bad love in a sea of gin and tonics. “|-sepiachord.com |
