Uncle Bonsai

Seattle super-harmonizers Uncle Bonsai are the Tim Burtons of folk music – dark and hilarious, but with moments of great insight and beauty.  With three voices and a guitar, they present an often dizzying vocal array of intricate harmony.

The trio aligns itself with the underachiever, the dejected, the outsider.  Their densely-packed lyrics fly by in a whirr at times, and take a skewed stance on topics such as first-world problems, the creation of the universe, the afterlife, and, of course, holidays with family.  A little like Stephen Sondheim linking arms with Tom Lehrer or Frank Zappa in therapy with Peter, Paul and Mary.