Saturday, May 20
7pm Doors / 8pm Show
$10 Cover at doors
ABOUT THE BANDS
Caley Conway is a paradox, and “Only a Dark Cocoon” finds her music at its most seductively paradoxical. Conway has always been at home in contrast— her music is orchestral yet minimal, full-sounding yet pared back. Her sound has been described as folk, but at the same time it has far too much bite. Conway’s vocals are comfortable yet haunting, and dissonant chords bubble underneath the band’s innocent patina.
At home in this world of contradictions, “Only a Dark Cocoon” evokes comparison yet stands out. This ekphrastic piece draws inspiration from Joni Mitchell’s song “The Last Time I Saw Richard,” expanding lyrical snippets into three full-concept songs: 'The Last Time I Saw Him,' 'You've Got Tombs in Your Eyes,' and 'All Good Dreamers.' Conway approaches Mitchell’s work like a collage, a close reading, or a writing prompt.
The EP sees Conway’s signature smoky vocal acrobatics undercut by warm, gain-y electric guitar bordering on feedback, and supported with the vintage sound of organ. Conway musically conjures the times, places, and people that Mitchell narrated in “The Last Time I Saw Richard”. Far from a cover, “Only a Dark Cocoon” is something inspired yet wholly singular – a concoction that Mitchell (walking into a bar where it plays on the jukebox), might turn her ear to as a half-remembered dream.
Cathedral Becomes Tomb is a sound expression from Wisconsin based artist Barry Paul Clark (adoptahighway, Tontine Ensemble, Field Report)
The expression includes double bass in combination with effected audio signals. It draws inspiration from his lived experiences in conjunction with mental health therapy. Live performances are multimedia improvisations that utilize a mixture of projection imagery, film pieces and Barry’s own video footage, with an audio effected signal.
Genre can be implemented as a tool of organization and for the comfort of an unknown, so for genre category purposes, Cathedral Becomes Tomb shares sonic spaces connected to drone, improvisation, glacial maximalism, deep listening, and experimental electronic, with techniques derivative of contemporary chamber/classical music.
Levi Henry is a Minnesota native singer, songwriter, and guitar player. Since 2015 he has self-released 2 EPs, “Sleepy Sun” and most recently, “Splinters”. Both of which are saturated with indie, folk, and americana influence. His lyrically dense, often melancholic writing is quietly compelling-somewhere in the realm of Phoebe Bridgers, Connor Oberst, and so on. At 27, Levi Henry has toured much of the country and quietly maintains a life of writing, producing, and performing.