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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AMFIBIAN RE-EMERGES FROM PHISHY WATERS

 Phish Lyricist Tom Marshall Ignites Ever-Changing All-Star Lineup

for Long-Awaited CD, Limited Number of Special Live Performances in Spring

PRINCETON, NJ -- After a three-year hiatus, AMFIBIAN, the band that spawned from the soul of Phish lyricist Tom Marshall, has re-emerged with a long-awaited new album, FROM THE ETHER, and a handful of very special live shows to celebrate its arrival.

Marshall�s comfortably unconventional lyrical vision is complemented this time by co-writer Chris Metaxas's simplistically elegant musical framework and the blazing hot guitar licks of former Lenny Kravitz and Spin Doctors collaborator Anthony Krizan, plus the rock-solid rhythm section of drummer Joe Larsen and bassist Bob Kay.  Vermont friends Trey Anastasio and Seth Yacovone added a little lyrical and musical nudge. Riding on a melodic center while flirting with a ferociously evil undercurrent, FROM THE ETHER creeps up from the bottom, only to pull you under with a poetic yank.

Live, the 2004 edition of AMFIBIAN is a multi-media spectacle will find Marshall abandoning his usual perch behind the keyboards to assume lead vocal duties, and.Metaxes assuming all ivory-tickling duties. AMFIBIAN also is traveling with a three-piece horn section. The Seth Yacovone Band will open all shows.

AMFIBIAN first rose to the surface in 2000, when Marshall decided to combine his writing skills with his own musical ability. The first AMFIBIAN project, Amfibian Tales, was warmly embraced by the Phish community and sold over 3000 copies, primarily on a Northeast tour in which the band sold out such prestigious venues as the Wetlands in New York, the Middle East in Boston and Higher Ground in Winooski, VT. But Marshall�s �other� life of job and family eventually took hold and AMFIBIAN disappeared back into the waters. The group regenerated in time for FROM THE ETHER to hit the market in February 2004 and sell over 1000 copies in the first month with no promotion.

Undoubtedly rich with Phishy flavor, FROM THE ETHER is a hard-hitting, solidly organic rock album full of lush vocal harmonies above music which occasionally evokes �Penny Lane� and �Sgt. Pepper�s.� At times reminiscent of Steely Dan or early Pink Floyd, FROM THE ETHER is never ambiguous about its Beatles influences, peppered with Marshall�s unique lyrical viewpoint. He joins Metaxes to create songs that are poetic, but also identifiable to the common hard working citizen. �Isolate,� in particular, expresses the pressures felt by the daily grind.

AMFIBIAN�s return already has been heralded in the April/May issue of Relix magazine with a 2 �-page interview with Marshall. Be sure to catch Amfibian beginning in late April, at the following very special live performances:

Saturday           April 24             Higher Ground              Winooski, VT � SOLD OUT.
Saturday           May 1               State Theatre                Falls Church, VA
Friday               May 7               Knitting Factory             New York, NY
Saturday          June 19             Post-Phish Event (Location TBA)    Saratoga Springs, NY