Strange & The Familiars’ storytelling songs guide the audience into the supernatural Strange World, a world in every way like ours with a magical twist. Combining wickedly crafted lyrics laced with dark humor and whimsical imagery, Strange & the Familiars lead captivated audiences through our world and the dreamscape, where humanity sits at a very real crossroads.
Combining jazz instrumentation with musical elements of funk and goth folk with theatrical sensibilities of vaudeville, influences range from the wry humor of Edward Gorey to the magical world building of Neil Gaiman and the eclectic avant-garde stylings of Laurie Anderson. With comic books that delve deeper into the Strange World and shadow puppetry that often accompanies the storytelling, Strange & the Familiars offers a unique multifaceted perspective on the direction that humanity is heading, where our salvation may very well lie in our ability to dream our way through this long, dark night.