Big Thief Play Boston’s Roadrunner

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Photos and review by Omari Spears

Last week, Big Thief treated Boston’s Roadrunner crowd to a terrific performance. The four piece was one of two acts that night, alongside touring partner Kara-Lis Coverdale, who kicked the night off with a captivating solo ambient set.

Big Thief’s setlist was sure to please new and old fans alike, with live renditions from their most recent double LP, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, as well as tracks from previous releases including “Not,” “Shark Smile,” and “Masterpiece.” The show ended with the band retaking the stage for an encore, capping the night off with “Spud Infinity,” featuring front person Adrianne Lenker’s younger brother on the jaw harp.

The Puddcast Episode 21: The Hit Factory

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By Harry Gustafson
 
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Artwork by Cat Elia

While the Boston and New England music scenes have always been our main focus, it’s nice to branch out past that horizon to get a sense for what’s going on in other parts of the world. A little International Pudding of Mystery, as it were. 

In that vein, The Puddcast is happy to welcome The Hit Factory, an afrobeat duo that is based out of Lagos, Nigeria. Th

e duo – made up of rapper Tom Lash and ringer Harmony – blend influences from 90s hip-hop and R&B with sounds that stem from their country’s rich musical heritage. 

Sidenote: Harry was elated to discover that Tom Lash is also a fan of Arsenal Football Club, one of Harry’s (least) favorite topics of conversation. Come on, you Gunners. Tom Lash is also a published novelist, getting ready to release Hell Road: The Courier, a life-and-death thriller about a courier whose most recent commission could be his last. 

Listen to the companion playlist on Spotify to hear songs from the Hit Factory, plus a few of their rap influences and some of Nigeria’s all-time greats. 

Stream or download The Puddcast wherever you access your other favorite podcasts. 

 

 

Here’s What We Saw at The Town and The City Festival

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By Dillon Riley

Photos By Sarah Wilson

Colleen Green performing at The Worthen House Attic (The Town and The City Festival)

Colleen Green @ The Worthen House Attic

As we previously alerted, Lowell’s The Town And The City Festival commenced last weekend (April 8-9) at a smattering of venues all around the city’s historic Downtown section. Music fans keen on variety were able to catch sets in bakeries, cafes, breweries, lofts, dive bar attics, and banquet halls, which is to say the Town and The City team packed a lot of different sounds into a (relatively) small radius. Allston Pudding was on sight in the Mill City for the Saturday slate and managed to see quite a few acts doing their thing at a handful of locales. We also had some really tasty dumplings, but that’s a whole other story. With all that said, here’s our three favorite sets of the night and a gallery of everything else we saw, too. 

SAVAK @ The Worthen House Attic 

SAVAK performing at the Worthen House Attic (The Town and The City Festival)

SAVAK @ The Worthen House Attic

New York indie quartet SAVAK actually played two shows in the MA area on Saturday night, first ripping through a tidy set at the attic space of beloved dive The Worthen House ahead of Colleen Green (who also rocked while debuting a new solo set accompanied by a booming drum machine triggered by a tablet) for The Town and The City before hitting the road to play Jamaica Plain’s Midway Cafe with Chris Brokaw. Pulling mostly from their soon-to-be-released new LP (in fact it’s out this Friday, April 15th), Human Error / Human Delight, their set had an appealingly workmanlike pace to it, which comes as no surprise given their pedigree as musicians. The opening skronky punk-funk of “I Don’t Want To Be Defended” set the tone early, this band really means it.

 

Kind Being @ The Purple Carrot Bread Co.

King Being performing at The Purple Carrot Bread Co. (The Town and The City Festival)

Kind Being @ The Purple Carrot Bread Co.

The relatively new Allston indie pop trio Kind Being kicked off the show at a bread bakery right along the main drive downtown as part of The Town and The City with a tight set culling entirely from their 2021 debut EP Two Truths, minus a few umm skits made from their keyboard presets. Something of a supergroup, Kind Being features Tommy Ng and Hannah Foxman (of Jesus The Dinosaur) alongside Mateo Garcia (of 5ever, Gauntly, and many others), but their gentler, drum-machine lead approach leans more to the former than the latter. Ng takes the lead on most of Truths including the infectious single “Sinking Stone” but Garcia’s Death Cab-y “Bros” continues to be their show-stopping centerpiece live. The harsh fluorescent light in the bakery did not deter from a fun if slightly off-the-cuff set, and Kind Being continues to impress as they get more and more gigs under their belt.

 

Screaming Females @ Taffeta at Western Ave. Studios

Screaming Females performing at Taffeta (The Town and The City FestivalO

Screaming Females @ Taffeta

New Jersey punk-blues lifers Screaming Females have been a can’t miss live act basically their whole career, and their headlining The Town and The City set on Saturday night felt both like a vital uprising and a well-earned victory lap. Fronter Marissa Paternoster exclaimed with wide-eyed surprise early into the set that this was the band’s first trip to Lowell, but you wouldn’t know it from the crowd. The heaving sold out mass sang along to nearly every word, reaching out with gasps at every high-speed tapping solo, breathing heavy sighs of relief during brief pauses for tuning. Playing on a soundstage normally used for livestream broadcasts housed inside a labyrinth of artist studios and shops itself housed in a series of lofts off the beaten path of the rest of the festival, the gig had a certain air of lawlessness. You had to really be looking to find this one. And those that did were treated to an hour of pure rock and roll fury from a band clearly re-energized after some time off the road due to the pandemic. A fitting end to a weekend that celebrated the meaning of coming together to experience art.

Here’s a gallery of our whole day at The Town and The City, featuring Tsyk Tsyk Task, Colleen Green, SAVAK, Kind Being, Linnea’s Garden, and Screaming Females. All photos by Sarah Wilson.

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Spoon Have a Devilishly Good Tour Opener at House of Blues

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“We want to play all the songs you want to hear tonight,” said Spoon frontman Britt Daniel. The Austin, Texas five-piece made good on that promise and delivered a tight hits collection at the House of Blues during last Wednesday night’s tour opener.

The band started with a cover of “Held” by Smog, a.k.a. Bill Callahan, from their most recent album, Lucifer on the Sofa. Whereas the original has a creeping sense of dread and whirring psychedelia in the background, Spoon switched things up by adding their signature plucky chug and pushing the guitars to the front with Daniel and touring guitarist Gerardo Larios trading stabs on their respective Fenders.

They followed it up with another Lucifer cut, “Wild.” With rollicking guitar and major piano chords underscoring Daniel’s lyrics about the world calling out to him, it sounded like their own version of Primal Scream’s “Movin’ on Up.”

“We’ve been prepping for this for a long time,” quipped Daniel afterward. It may have been a bit tongue-in-cheek, but the group didn’t show any signs of rust. The lead singer’s snarling bark sounded crisp, especially on “Do You” and “Don’t Make Me A Target.” Drummer Jim Eno, the group’s only other original member, kept things steady with a snappy snare that allowed Daniel and Larios’ guitars to shine. Both Ben Trokan and Alex Fischel filled the gaps by adding keyboards, bass, guitar, and backing vocals.

Larios was the evening’s other star — besides Daniel — adding a pedal-assisted wall of noise at the end of “The Beast and Dragon, Adored” and a distorted organ solo before launching into “The Underdog.”

Overall it was a relatively straightforward affair. The lighting was nothing special, and the only bit of production design was a single line reminiscent of the one on the Lucifer cover that split up a black backdrop.

There were other highlights for sure. Fans bounced during the start of “Inside Out,” bathed in the same blue light of the album’s alluring cover as Daniel crooned to the front row from atop the stage monitor. The groovy syncopated guitar chugging to start “I Turn My Camera On” also drew an appreciative roar from the crowd. A touch of pogoing happened when the kick drum of “Rent I Pay” started.

Daniel made sure to play to the crowd the entire evening. He held his Fender Telecaster alongside his head while strumming, kneeled while slashing away at it, and stumbled across the stage to interact with other band members.

And then it was over. The main set lasted 70 minutes. Like all their albums, it was punchy, focused, and without an ounce of fat.

The encore, by comparison, felt like a bit of a letdown.

Covers of John Lennon’s “Isolation” and the Modern Lovers’ “She Cracked” fell flat before the opening piano chords of “The Way We Get By” revived the crowd. The Cramps’ “TV Set” cover faired slightly better than the previous efforts but still felt forced. When the band reached Kill The Moonlight cut “Jonathan Fisk,” the crowd felt antsy. As the band proved for the last 25 years, less is often more. For the first hour plus, the band was pure perfection.

The Puddcast Episode 19 & 20: Haasan Barclay

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By Harry Gustafson
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Artwork by Cat Elia

Last week, we announced that the award-nominated Puddcast has been renewed for a second season. And by “renewed,” we mean that the host got bored not doing it. Like he literally spent two weeks after the season one finale not doing and decided to jump right back in. Fast forward to April and these episodes are finally ready to drop.

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Photo Courtesy of Haasan Barclay

To kick off the season, we zipped down to the recently renovated Record Company Dorchester’s Newmarket area to talk to Haasan Barclay. This session resulted in around over three total hours of audio, which has been chopped down to about two 70 minute episodes full of hilarious banter between the host and guest. They’re episodes about nothing, really, but inevitably they are side-splittingly funny. The two of them talk Beatles, Blade, reboots, Space Jam, Chris Pratt’s unescapable presence, and how Mark Wahlberg is a silly little goose (to put it nicely so he does not sue us). 

Across the two episodes, you will hear the tracks from Haasan’s upcoming project Dual Shock, due out Aprill 22nd. Spoiler: it’s real real good

As always, be sure to check out Haasan Barclay’s music, as well as the companion playlist on Spotify. The Puddcast is available wherever you access your podcasts (RSS, Spotify, Apple, Overcast, etc.). 

 

 

 

Sunglaciers on Calgary, Arpeggios and a Bit of Bowie

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Photo Credit: Haley Gunn

Calgary based noir-synth rockers Sunglaciers are back with their second album Subterranea. A collection of 13 tracks which builds on the atmospheric post-punk sounds introduced on their 2019 debut Foreign Bodies. The result is a more cohesive and captivating work that feels rich in emotion, anxieties and a sense of urgency to be shared. Album standouts “Thought Maps”, “Glue” and “Out of my Skull” each bring their own unique quality which keeps the whole project from going too far down one lane, making sure to take plenty of thrilling twists and turns along the way. With the album having been released on March 25th, the Canadian quartet are getting back on the road soon. Before they pack up and set out, lead vocalist Evan Resnik chatted with us about the new album, their process and inspirations…

Allston Pudding: Where does the name Sunglaciers come from?

Evan Resnik: Over 10 years ago I was hiking through Italy with my partner at the time Jess, who used to mispronounce words to come up with new ones. We were walking out of the woods into a clearing and she turned to me and asked me for her “Sunglaciers please“. In that moment I was like “someday I’m going to start a band called [Sunglaciers].” I think this is the first time I’ve divulged the true origin story. But as we evolve the name seems to fit. Might allow us to write about climate change going forward. The branding is all there. 

AP: [The other founding member of the band] Mathieu Blanchard once mentioned writing songs vertically instead of horizontally. I was wondering if you could explain that process a little further…

ER: My memory is sketchy as hell. I seem to remember him saying to layer things horizontally not vertically. But I’ve seen it in both forms now. I think the underlying theme is layering, and stacking. Approaching a song like a painting rather than A-B-A-B-C… Being able to step back and look at a whole piece almost topographically to see what else we can put on top of the landscape. 

AP: That fits with some of your earlier music too. You really felt those different textures and experiments going on. On the new record it’s more honed in. 

ER: We used to add elements in a linear form, and just tack them on the end and keep going. But now with Subterranea, we decided to sort of fold things back in on themselves. Folding new ideas in rather than making long, meandering songs.

AP: Who are your main influences/inspirations? I know your bio mentions Deerhunter…

ER: Deerhunter is huge for me. Saw them in Vancouver back in 2009, I wasn’t making music back then and they really turned my world upside down in terms of what live music could sound like and could feel like. I think for this record we were listening to a lot of McCartney II. The nature of the studio that we recorded in was that we kind of had to leave no trace so there was always 20-25 minutes of set up and there weren’t many great records in there except McCartney’s. Also listening to a lot of Jeff Parker, the guitarist from Tortoise, super interesting and really outside the box… a lot of Miles Davis, Velvet Underground. A bit of Bowie.

AP: It’s fitting it would be all of those different influences coming together. As I was listening I liked how I couldn’t really pigeonhole this into any sort of genre or sound exactly.

ER: Yeah and a big inspiration is any artist who is willing to just be honest and go in whatever direction that their creativity takes them.

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Photo Credit: Haley Gunn

AP: I read you swapped instruments while recording this album, what was that like?

ER: Yeah, we had a mandate just in the interest of making different music and challenging ourselves. We wanted to start these sessions outside of our comfort zone. We picked up a synth and wanted to write with it primarily as opposed to our traditional set up of just jamming and figuring it out from there. I started experimenting with arpeggios and really had fun making melodies on the fly. We started at the beginning of the pandemic and had more time as a big tour had just been canceled. So we had this opportunity to really go into the cave and not come out for a long time. 

AP: Sounds like the positives outweigh the negatives…

ER: The whole thing has been positive. We’re very fortunate that we were able to pivot and focus on something else. At the end of the day I’m sitting in a room full of records that I have to mail out to listeners. But we are certainly aware of our good fortune and privilege. 

Subterranea Artwork

AP: What’s your favorite song on the record?

ER: Dang. I love all my babies [laughs]. I think the funnest, both recording and now live, is “Out of my Skull”. It came about so innocuously, again just kind of wrote a simple, borderline cheesy sequence on a synth and jammed on it for a while. It’s probably the simplest thing I’ve ever written and there’s something in there that really works. Getting to do the video for that one was really fun too. This is the first time I had been at the helm so that was a really great experience. Most rewarding. 

AP: How has tour been so far? Any interesting differences from pre-COVID to now? 

ER: Back in October we went to the UK, in between the Delta and Omicron variants. Again, just super fortunate, threading those needles all over the world. But, people in the UK were insane. They were really stoked. So many people we talked to hadn’t been out since pre-Covid. 

AP: How would you describe the Calgary music scene?

ER: It’s really nurturing and vibrant. There’s like two or three different “scenes” just music and genre wise. But there’s a lot of overlap. Going to shows you see a lot of the same folks. Really sweet, super chill and supportive. Actually just last night I went to a benefit show/party for one of the community moguls in Calgary. It was partially a fundraiser for the Sled Island Festival and a foundation called Skipping Stone which is geared towards supporting transgender youth. That kind of sums it up. Probably the biggest reason we’re still in Calgary: the community.

AP: With the album having just dropped, what does life look like for you guys right now?

ER: We have some plans to tour starting in late May into June. Then starting again in September into October. We have additional video planned for another song on the record. Hoping to get that out soon for summer or early Spring!

AP: Lastly, you had mentioned hiking, where is your favorite place to go?

ER: Ooooh. I haven’t really been in a couple of years but obviously the Canadian Rockies are just incredible and breathtaking. My backstory is when I was kind of drifting around in my 20s I really fell in love with the GR Trail in France. Huge network of trails that goes through villages and just such a varied landscape. The Pyrenees are also great. You can really tackle them on foot. 

Sunglaciers are Mathieu Blanchard, Kyle Crough, Evan Resnik and Helen Young. Check out Subterranea, the new album, below! Follow Sunglaciers on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for more! 

 

Cliff Notez Announces Second Sketchbook Series

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Cliff Notez Sketchbook

Back in 2019 – ”the Before Times,” if you will (please don’t) – Cliff Notez curated a residency at Atwood’s Tavern on Cambridge Street called Sketchbook. The series served as a showcase for Boston hip-hop, featuring a lineup that included performances by Cliff, Forté, Optic Bloom, Red Shaydez, Mint Green, and Treva Holmes. Later that year, Cliff dropped his sophomore album, Why The Wild Things Are. A few of the tracks that ended up on that album (one of our faves from 2019, by the way) – including “Massochists” and “Stevie’s Ribbon” – showed up in their early, bare bones stages during the Sketchbook shows. 

Cliff, who hasn’t played a ticketed, headlining show since pre-pandemic, is now bringing Sketchbook back. This time around, it’s going to work as a vehicle to test out new material in front of a small live audience, much in the way that big comedians will do a run of small comedy clubs to workshop new jokes. Returning to Atwood’s intimate stage for two nights – May 6th and a month later in June – Cliff describes the show as “like wading in the water before jumping in the deep end before Boston Calling and festival season.” For the first show, Boston Music Award winning pop artist Zola Simone will also be on the bill. 

Will these shows lead to a new album release? “This is beginning that process that I’m familiar with,” Cliff sighs. “Eventually. I make no guarantees. An EP, an album, a mixtape, a single. I’ve gotta start sketching it out first. See what I did there?”

In addition to the Sketchbook shows, Cliff has also been working with Double Elvis to host a weekly podcast called Lust For Live, which highlights local live music and arts events happening around town. 

Make sure you head over to Atwood’s on May 6th to get an idea of what Cliff Notez has been cooking up in the interim since his last album. Get your tickets here. 

The Town and The City Festival Takes Over Lowell

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Historic Downtown Lowell's famed Mill buildings

Historic Downtown Lowell. Photo courtesy of The City of Lowell

The latest edition of Lowell’s The Town and The City Festival lands this weekend, April 8 and 9th. Named after the acclaimed first novel by the city’s native son Jack Kerouac, the year’s fest packs big headliners like Tanya Donnelly, Adam Ezra Group, Robyn Hitchcock, and Screaming Females alongside a slew of Pudding-approved local acts and spoken word artists, jazz improvisers and storytellers alike. Show-goers are also encouraged to check out Lowell’s robust art scene, one built on history (like the Kerouac exhibit at the Boott Cotton Mills Gallery) and contemporary expression (like Gallery Z downtown). 

The Town and The City Festival lineup

Flyer courtesy of The Town and The City Festival

The Town and The City’s main mission is to shine a light on the city of Lowell itself and its burgeoning arts and music scene, which is something that’s been on the mind of festival founder Chris Porter long before he first approached city officials in 2015. “I’ve been programming and working on festivals for over 20 years. It feels very special to me to take what I’ve learned at festivals in other cities and apply it to an event in the city I grew up in – a city that has become a more music and arts friendly city and a particularly culturally interesting one in recent years,” said Porter.

The Town and The City’s format runs something like SXSW (or for the New England heads, Waking Windows) in miniature, with a series of venues all littered through Lowell’s buzzing downtown hosting bills curated by local music publications and sponsors during each of its two nights. From bakeries and cafes to rock clubs and mill houses, these spaces will form a little constellation of sorts, and with just a short walk between them (for the most part) fans are encouraged to grab an inclusive festival pass to catch as much music as possible. Focusing especially on promoting local talent from Boston and Central Mass, The Town and The City boasts an eclectic lineup that has little bit for everyone.

We’ll be on site for the Saturday slate of shows, so keep your eyes peeled for our coverage some time next week. For those unfamiliar with the lineup or just looking to make the best of your time in Mill City, here’s a few of our can’t miss sets for both days:

FRIDAY Naomi Westwater at Smokehouse Tavern (8:15pm)

Singer-songwriter Naomi Westwater put out one of our favorite local releases last year, and her shows offer a cathartic release for those strained by the burdens of climate change, racial injustice and the general myopia of the world. Also, she was on the first season of the Puddcast!

FRIDAY Tanya Donnelly and The Parkington Sisters at 5th Floor at Mill No. 5 (8:30pm)

If you’re reading this publication we probably shouldn’t have to tell you to go see Tanya Donnelly. Her recent covers album in collaboration with Cape Cod’s The Parkington Sisters adds an Americana flare to hits from Echo and The Bunnymen and The Go Go’s among others. 

FRIDAY Oldsoul at The Old Court (9:30pm)

This long-running (at least for a Massachusetts Emo band) trio is a fixture at O’Brien’s, go see them a little closer to home.

SATURDAY Colleen Green at The Worthen Cafe (7:30pm)

Colleen Green moved back to Lowell during the pandemic after a long stint in Los Angeles, making this something of a homecoming. Her latest record Cool is another winner in a strong run of acerbic indie rock.

SATURDAY Divine Sweater at The Purple Carrot Bread Co. (9:30pm)

Divine Sweater has made the digital pages of Allston Pudding frequently in the past year and for good reason, their tuneful indie pop blend is hard to deny.

SATURDAY Screaming Females at Taffeta at Western Ave Studios (10:30pm)

If you’re reading this publication we definitely shouldn’t have to tell you to go see Screaming Females. The New Jersey indie rock troupe has been banging out their brand of distortion-blasted punk-blues for well over a decade, and their notoriously chaotic live show is not to be missed.

SATURDAY layzi at The Old Court (11:15pm)

If your ears aren’t entirely blown out by Screaming Females riffs, this hazy psych-pop project should provide a nice come down to the weekend.

Lowell’s just a 45 minute drive (or commuter rail ride) away from Boston, and it’s quickly becoming an extremely welcoming place for artists, creators, and fans alike, so come on down.

“I hope that The Town and The City Festival can be one of a number of entities, events, and venues that help foster that growth even further and help make Lowell more of a destination for people outside the city,” said Porter. “I also hope that it enriches the lives of the people who already live in the area.”

More information about The Town and The City’s venues, set times, and the artists can be found here, while festival passes and/or individual show tickets can be found here.

ONCE Somerville Releases Live Footage of Sapling

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Last summer, Boston and Worcester based noise-punk band Sapling filled the ONCE parking lot stage at Boynton Yards with paint splattered, glitter bombed, feedback-drenched controlled chaos. Captured sonically by Dead Moon Audio and visually by Treebeard Media, this live video of the two-minute ripper “Bikini BDRK” features the bombastic and sardonic call-and-response vocals from guitarist Amber Tortorelli and bassist Rainey Logan they’ve become known for over Jon Cordaro’s pummeling drums.

Hovvdy to Play The Sinclair, Discuss Everything

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Will Taylor and Charlie Martin make up the self-described “pillow-core” duo that is Hovvdy. They’ve been playing blissful indie tunes with a Texas twang since the mid-2010s. Instrumentation began as dusty drum kits, guitars, and soft vocals, all mixed into a secret sauce that is reminiscent of friends/touring buddies Alex G and Lomelda. Since then, they have expanded their sonic palette by onboarding indie impresario and co-producer Andrew Sarlo. You may have heard Hovvdy on their international tours, or major indie playlists, or even sync’d in series such as As We See It and Catfish: The TV Show.

Hovvdy began humbly in Austin where they recorded much of their debut album, Taster. They recorded the tape themselves using just the iphone memo app. Taylor and Martin reached out to the taste-making indie record label Double Double Whammy for representation, but received no response. So, Hovvdy released their debut LP with a friend’s company called Sports Day Records instead.

Around a year or so after the Sports Day release came Hovvdy’s big break. Double Double Whammy finally reached out to Hovvdy to talk about Taster, a reissue, and a follow up LP. As Taylor puts it: “It was a natural progression of hoping for the best, putting the music out on our own, and waiting for something to happen… [Double Double Whammy Co-Owner] Mike [Caridi] found our record through a mutual friend or something.”

The sound from Taster has been largely the same across releases up to the 2019 release Heavy Lifter. It seems at this point Hovvdy started to hit a creative wall. For example, there’s is a decidedly simplistic and lofi-drum machine in the song “Mr. Lee” off of Heavy Lifter that feels like a band reaching their technical limits, but trying to pass it off as ironic.

Luckily, at some point around or after the recording of Heavy Lifter, Hovvdy sought to make a musical departure. Charlie Martin brushed up on his keyboard chops (his mom was a piano teacher), and they tapped in-demand producer Andrew Sarlo because of his work with Bon Iver, Big Thief, and Nick Hakim.

Beginning in 2020, Hovvdy began favoring a poppier framework that relies heavily on Charlie Martin’s keyboard work and producer’s Andrew Sarlo’s surreal mixes. Taylor says “[Sarlo] contributes a lot of the musical elements that are strange sounding, or driving, or atmospheric, or just something that might not sound like a guitar. He’s very experimental in that way, and does a good job of expanding and making the song feel bigger. Which is a great talent.”

You can first hear their collaboration on the double A-side single Runner/I’m Sorry in 2020, and subsequently on last year’s high-watermark True Love, through to this year’s single “Everything.” Taylor says “Everything” is about “being there for someone in the tough times. And [also] acknowledging too that while it might feel like you’re on top of the world, you’re on the ground too. [It’s about] staying grounded and staying loyal.”

Come hear “Everything” (and everything else on Hovvdy’s set list) when they sidle up to The Sinclair on April 29th. Tickets are available here.