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TODD "MARLOW" PASTERNACK TEAMS 
WITH OPERA-TRAINED VOCALIST ANGELA FORD 
FOR 2003 ACOUSTIC DUO "GIRL TOUR"
Drummer Wylie Shipman added to complete trio for Philly return

"Groove-heavy rock, with bright guitars and soulful psychedelic sparkles not unlike the Black Crowes." - Richmond.com

ALBANY, NY -- Boy meets girl in Philadelphia for the second time this spring when MARLOW (a.k.a Todd Pasternack) returns to tap into a whole new space on its latest acoustic tour to promote its confessional album, WHITE OUT.

Pasternack's most recent twist on the ever-mutating Marlow concept was to bring along opera-trained vocalist Angela Ford to carry out vocal and bass duties in a duo format on the first leg of the 2003 "Girl Tour."

One month since Pasternack and Ford stopped in Philly as a duo to play The Fire, MARLOW is back in town as a trio (with drummer Wylie Shipman) to appear at the Tin Angel for a pair of shows Saturday, April 12 at 7 and 11 p.m., with local favorites Townhall.

The East Coast "Girl Tour," which brought the duo from Virginia to Vermont throughout the month of March, is continuing at least through May. Aside from WHITE OUT, Marlow has been unveiling unreleased Marlow songs and several surprise covers.

Pasternack and Ford have played together pre-Marlow -- during the recording of WHITE OUT and previously, as tour mates in the Lo Faber Band. The first MARLOW tour, in the fall of 2002, found Pasternack tackling the duo format with another Lo Faber Band mate, Philly funk keyboardist Devin Greenwood, under the "No Repression" tour banner.

Pasternack also toured nationally for years as a member of seminal jamband Ominous Seapods, which recently staged a pair of reunion shows in upstate New York. Ford, who learned how to play bass specifically for this tour, played a vital role in the recording of Faber's rock-opera album, Henry's House, as well as in its theatrical version, staged last summer. Ford studied and performed opera in New York City, Milan and Washington D.C. before her recent shift to rock.

Pasternack, a Long Island native who lives in Albany, NY, "crafts catchy, nimble guitar-rockers with solid hooks and jam-band arrangements" on WHITE OUT, said the Erie Times-News. Metroland described the album as having "bitter tales delivered sweetly, and sweet tales delivered with tang, leaving a most interesting taste when you're done." Touted by All Music Guide as "a promising debut" and New York Rock as "very refreshing," WHITE OUT allows influential strains of Tom Petty, Aimee Mann, Sheryl Crow, Ween and the Black Crowes, among others, to shine through and entwine with Pasternack's own unique musical approach The Burlington Free Press took note of WHITE OUT's "pretty acoustic melodies, enchanced by (Ford's) female backing vocals."

"There were so many reasons Angela and I decided to do this tour," says Pasternack. "But mostly it was just to get back out on the road and play some songs people can really relate to; emotionally, psychologically or what have you. It's just refreshing for us to play these songs stripped-down, the way they were originally written. I think people will appreciate hearing the songs the way they sounded when I wrote them in my bedroom."