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Movie Theatre Haiku
"This is an album for the ages."
-John Winn. Racket Magazine

"Dark, romantic strains take flight. This gothic, orchestral indie-pop is sure to leave heads spinning with its unique and haunting sound."
- NPR's Second Stage
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New Videos!

Thanks to everyone at Lewis & Clark College for making our show there last weekend so much fun. And thanks to Pony for filling in on bass. Here’s a little video highlight reel:

Free Summer Show!

Portland Center for the Performing Arts/ ArtBar presents Music on Main Street: Songwriters in the Round Featuring Lara Michell, Chris Robley, Stephanie Schneiderman, Adam Shearer, plus special guests

OPB Interview with Chris Robley & John Stewart

Interview: Chris Robley & The Fear of Heights February 14, 2010 at 12:31pm (updated February 15, 2010 at 1:56pm) by Zaph Mann · Guest Commentator Me, an agenda? Chris Robley is back, in fact he’s stormed back: Appearing last week at the Someday Lounge with a new pared-down 5-piece he played familiar songs with a new searing [...]

Chris on the cover of the June issue of The Arc Magazine

Article by Rachel Stumme | Photos by Cristin Norine and Richele Kuhlmann published | june 09 Chris Robley ran into the living room and announced to his parents that he wanted a guitar. He had just listened to a Paul Simon concert on the radio, and he simply had to learn to play. Remembering how quickly he had [...]

Performer Magazine Review

antiMusic.com Review of ‘movie theatre haiku’

Chris Robley and the Fear of Heights - Movie Theater Haiku (a masque of backwards ballads, a picturesque burlesque) by Gary Schwind Chris Robley is a multi-instrumentalist. By which I don’t mean he plays guitars and keyboards. Don’t get me wrong. He does play guitar, keyboards (organs, synths, pianos, etc.) But he also plays bass, [...]

Interview in Synthesis Magazine

Chris Robley Syncing Poetry and Motion 2009-04-22 Written By: Ryan J. Prado Exiting the restroom of Northeast Portland’s Concordia Ale House, I’m approached almost instantly by an unassuming gentleman fingering through the magazine racks. I’m to meet up with the gifted Chris Robley at this designated meeting place, and I’m half-expecting a grandiose troubadour to [...]

Delusions of Adequacy Review (adequacy.net)

Chris Robley & The Fear of Heights – Movie Theatre Haiku April 9, 2009 by Lisa Town   Category: Albums (and EPs) Chris Robley & The Fear of Heights – Movie Theatre Haiku Movie Theatre Haiku marks Chris Robley & The Fear of Heights’ third album, another book in their series of heartbreak and [...]

Skyscraper Review- Spring 2009, Issue 30

CHRIS ROBLEY & THE FEAR OF HEIGHTS Movie Theatre Haiku CD – Cutthroat Pop There’s a point during “A Memory Lost at Sea,” which opens Chris Robley’s third effort, Movie Theatre Haiku, when you realize Robley is more than just an indie rocker with a singer/songwriter knack. It is not the judicious use of sax [...]

Interview on The Reviewist

The Interviewist – Chris Robley by Dan on Mar.24, 2009, under Alternative, Other Website MySpace My Life in Film Festivals (haiku #1) (Click to play) A Memory Lost At Sea (Click to play) From the album “Movie Theatre Haiku” -Reproduced in their entirety with expressed permission from Cutthroat Pop Records- BUY! In all my years [...]