BRIAN SENDROWITZ: This Fleeting House

Brian Sendrowitz

This Fleeting House

© 2001 Brian Sendrowitz (634479759222)

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Poetically ambitious pop music. Progressive folk music in the best sense of that word.

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"Wise beyond his 23 years, Brian Sendrowitz has broken his silence since releasing 1998's fine "Morning Is Broken." The Bellmore kid with the folkie's sensibility and the urgency of a punk rocker opens the door to "This Fleeting House" with some of the most consistently honest, nuanced numbers we've recently heard. Nostalgic, but not overly so, "Trouble With the Gravity" will exert its weight and pull you into the rest of the album's eight songs, which were produced in part by Wheatus multi-instrumentalist Phil Jimenez. "I got a storm of words inside my mind," Sendrowitz sings on "Providence." Those words make for good stories."
-Kevin Amorim, Newsday

"Brian Sendrowitz, a true poet, gleans the best from our American folk traditions and reshapes them into rhythms and stanzas that speak volumes about the contemporary struggle for personal and spiritual freedom. Without diatribe and dogma, Brian never ceases to challenge the listener to join him in the age old quest for the essence of truth and love. Combining the innocence of Springtime with the burnished leaves of Fall, Brian takes us on timeless journeys from Providence to our fall from grace which was simply the scientific reality of gravity and had nothing to do with thoughts or deeds."
-Sonny Meadows, Aural Fix Communiqué

"Brian Sendrowitz is one of the most honest, earnest, lyrically articulate artists I've encountered in quite some time...Brian is the real thing, and his music is sure to gain wide acceptance."
-Roy Abrams, The Inside Connection

"Bob Dylan was wise beyond his years when he burst onto the 60's coffeehouse scene, and odds are, we may be saying the same thing about Brian Sendrowitz in the days ahead."
-Bradley Riggs, L.I. Entertainment


Brian Sendrowitz is a singer and a songwriter who comes from a place called Bellmore, New York. When he was five he spent his Sunday mornings in front of the family stereo with his finger on the record button, listening to the top forty countdown, waiting for "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince to come on so he could tape it. He started playing guitar in the eighth grade listening to Led Zeppelin, then he heard Nirvana and spent most of high school playing in punk rock bands. Brian studied creative writing and literature at Purchase College and for a time he couldn't decide whether he should be a writer or a musician. Eventually he chose music figuring it would probably be a little less lonesome. He released his first record Morning is Broken in 1998 of which Newsday's Kevin Amorim remarked, "You may just think you're listening to a young, American version of Cat Stevens."

Brian really loves the Beat writers and Van Morrison, too. His second record, This Fleeting House, was released in November of 2001 and received frequent airplay on WFUV. Brian currently lives in Mineola, NY with his wife Elizabeth and their infant son Jackson. At 26, Brian has just released the record he's wanted to make for years. When it Comes on Like a Dream is a collection of ten songs produced by frequent collaborator Philip A. Jimenez, and it owes as much to Yo La Tengo's And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out as it does to Van Morrison's Astral Weeks.

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  • great great great
    author: John S.

    remarkable collection of songs....'Planes Fly By' is one of the most beautiful songs I've heard this whole year. There's something so pure, so untouched, so remarkable in this album....as if opening his CD, you open his soul...

  • Perfection
    author: The Larry

    This CD is unbelievable. Can not wait for the new one to come out. Saw brian last night at CB Gallery and was taken aback by the lyrics. Mansfeild is perfect on drums. Phil was fantastic on bass and banjo.

  • Very cool
    author: Jeff Toback

    Rarely do you find genuinely heartfelt and moving lyrics with compelling musical twists such as that heard on Brian Sendrowitz's new album "This Fleeting House." His live shows really show his dynamic style and warm personality. I suggest that any music and art loving individuals looking for a gem of a musical experience find Brian's cd and give it a twirl.

  • A rare find!
    author: Akiva

    What do you say when faced with the true projection of one's soul? When the emptiness of a room is set alite by a set of words so true they resonate - you have no choice but to sit back and say to yourself, "Why haven't I heard of this guy before?" And that's exactly what you'll do after listening to This Fleeting House. Half-way into the first track, Trouble With The Gravity, you can sense the artistic integrity of Brian's songcraft. LISTEN TO THESE WORDS! Lines like, "Budda has his middle road/And Jesus has humility/I just want to live my life/To the best of my ability", leave you feeling like this guy's really got it all figured out. But he's only 23! And he can rock! On upbeat tracks like Providence, and Radio Daydreams, Brian defiantly refuses to be confined to one style. This is one of those rare finds. After months in my CD rotation next to unsigned indie acts and big name headliners alike, I'm still left wondering, "Why haven't I heard of this guy before?"

  • Beautifully written and passionately executed; this CD is a romantic treasure
    author: Anonymous

    When I listen the songs on "This Fleeting House", by Brian Sendrowitz, I am inspired....to buy a guitar and learn how to play it, to re-read a novel that I thoroughly enjoyed, to buy roses (or a diamond ring) for my girlfriend, to quit my job and travel around Europe, or simply to start the CD over again, and come up with a few more things I dream of doing...

  • Van Morrison having drinks with Morrissey
    author: Carl Williams Iii

    This Fleeting House begins with a boy who wakes up on mars and has trouble recovering his satellites. It ends with a boy and his dreams. You hear the hip-hop influence in "Providence." It’s not contrived like most of these pseudo folk hip-hop studio gangsters. Mr. Sendrowitz does with hip-hop what David Gray did with break beats. It’s intelligent, subtle, and just right. This sets the tone for the record. Introspective, texturally rich, meaningful lyrics and music. The music is in the singer songwriter vein without being pigeon holed. You can hear the Van Morrison and Dylan influences, but Mr. Sendrowitz has his own voodoo. "Radio Daydreams" is rock n’ roll with a born to run, motherfucker sensibility to it.. "Our Love Will Blow It all Away" is a beautiful love song. "The Ancient Circle" closes This Fleeting House, and is not only the finest moment on the record, but also the most ambitious. This Fleeting House is a very sensual recording. It’s sexy, but not overtly. It’s conscientious, but not didactic. It’s smart, but not smart ass. Mr. Sendrowitz executes a subdued charm and integrity which is rare in most musicians. It is not necessarily what the artist gives on this record that makes it so delightful, but rather what he holds back.

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