Liam Singer

Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Liam Singer studied piano as a child, and at 14 began recording songs on the accordion, synthesizer and theremin. In the early 2000s, Singer studied music composition at Kenyon College in Ohio, with harpsichord as his primary instrument. During his time at Kenyon he played in several bands and co-founded a 20-piece kazoo orchestra. Returning to Portland after college, Singer recorded his first album, The Empty Heart of the Chameleon, and played keyboards for The Scientifics (now Eliot Rose) and Nate Ashley. After touring with The Scientifics he settled in San Francisco. Scott Solter recorded Singer’s second album, Our Secret Lies Beneath The Creek (Tell-All). While living in SF, Singer sometimes performed with the Kallikak Family, and contributed piano to the Balustrade Ensemble album Capsules. After moving to New York, Singer wrote most of the songs on his new album Dislocatia (Hidden Shoal, October 2010), which was recorded in North Carolina with Scott Solter. Singer is currently playing keyboards for a band called Devil Be Gone, the project of Rob Hampton (ex-Band Of Horses), occasionally plays piano at Alexander Turnquist’s live shows, and is a touring keyboardist with Slow Six. His keyboards feature on Boxharp’s Loam Arcane and The Green releases, and the occasional soundtrack of friend’s movies…