Vs. The Truth Fish, the 2005 album from the best band in Manhattan right now (Trifecta Newsletter) provides the perfect soundtrack to the after-hours, urban experience (The New Yorker) and kicks out cabaret circus music for urban bohemians (Village Voice). Botanica plays the sort of noirish, swinging-yet-damaged rock that put NYCs Lower East Side on the map (Time Out).Botanicas ringleader is ex-Firewater\u002FCongo Norvell\u002FLove and Rockets keyboardist & singer Paul Wallfisch.Recommended tracks: 2. The Truth Fish\u002F 4. Good\u002F 6. Love Is The Difference\u002F 10. Swimming In The Ocean At NightFeaturing guest appearances from Firewater\u002FGogol Bordello guitar hero Oren Kaplan and The Meredith Yayanos string trio, (Walkmen, Wilco), Botanica vs. The Truth Fish resembles a troupe of chaotic gypsies. (Time Out)Botanica vs. the Truth Fish was tracked in three torrid days in the summer of 2003 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Taking time off from touring, the band was locked in a WWII bunker by engineer Ulli Poesselt, and force-fed nothing but beer and pretzels til they got their brand of 21st century punk-chamber-music just right. Mixed in Brooklyn by Pete Min, (Debbie Harry, Longwave), Botanica vs. the Truth Fish is an instant classic.Following the critically acclaimed With All Seven Fingers (Subway\u002FAlive 2002), Botanica headlined clubs on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as opening for 16 Horsepower, Madrugada, Sophia and Gallon Drunk. Botanica also appeared in the film Dummy (Artisan 2003) starring Adrien Brody and Milla Jovovich, and the bands cover of Tom Waits Broken Bicycles is featured in the Brian McNellis feature East of Sunset (Blixa Films). On their European tour in spring 2005 their were recorded for German Rockpalast TV-series.