“What the hell kind of church service is this?” the LA Weekly once asked of an Evangenitals live performance.

The Avant-Americana 9 piece sound more as if they hail from a rural Appalachian psychedelic dream than Los Angeles, which can be credited to in part to Juli Crockett’s vocals and Zappa-esque sensibility. Unburdened by genres, the band was originally founded as a joke in 2003 by playwright/director Crockett and opera, jazz and gospel singer Lisa Dee, but they were just too damn good to not take seriously.
“The female harmonies between Juli Crockett and Lisa Dee are like the Andrews Sisters re-imagined as tragic mermaids,” said LA Record early on.

The rowdy Alt-Country band, who are a favorite of Melissa Etheridge and Pioneertown’s music mecca Pappy & Harriet’s, have recorded 4 albums, including ‘Moby Dick: or, The Album’ (Fluff & Gravy 2014), which No Depression described as “manic, diverse, unusual and creative songwriting and delivery at its best.”
They’ve brought their roots pickin’ all over the world, including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Lightning In A Bottle and The Melissa Etheridge Cruise.
Joining Dee and Crockett, who also plays guitar, are Crockett's husband, Michael Feldman (Cousin Junebug) on keys, Joey Maramba (John Cale) on bass, Andrea Baker (The Moth Mainstage) on fiddle, Cody Farwell (Goodnight Cody) on guitar/lap steel, Danny Graziani (DoSomething) on viola, electric mandolin and harmonica, and Rob Shaffer (Ninja Academy) and Nick Stone (Pixarmonic Orchestra) on drums and percussion.