Tobin Sprout • The Natvral

15711 Waterloo Rd,Cleveland OH 44110

14 August, 2021

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Tobin Sprout • The Natvral ALL AGES Tobin Sprout The Natvral Tobin Sprout performs at the Beachland Ballroom on Saturday, August 14 @ 8pm with The Natvral. This Way Out, our vintage and record store, will be open during the show. You do not need a show ticket to shop at This Way Out. Tobin SproutPainter, illustrator, author, songwriter and former Guided By Voices guitarist, TOBIN SPROUT reinvents his craft with a stark and poignant solo album, Empty Horses, a dramatic and unexpected departure from his previous work. The album is a meticulously observed study of America and Americana (not the music, but the state of mind). An alternative American Songbook, if you will, a collection of laments to simpler times and the struggle for what’s right, peppered with an examination of faith and the search for a sense of justice. In Guided By Voices, (1986-1997, 2011-2014) Sprout penned classic songs including "Atom Eyes", "It’s Like Soul Man", “Gleemer", "A Good Flying Bird", "14 Cheerleader Coldfront”, and released solo albums on Matador, Burger and Fire Records. On tour, Sprout will be joined by his longtime band with Tommy Schichtel, Steve Vermillion and Gary Vermillion. Empty Horses (Fire Records): “The perfect aural encapsulation of melancholy: in turns somnambulant, romantic and all-consuming” Rolling Stone “A great pop song writer” Uncut “Crumpled yet precise, confronting American Ghosts” ★★★★ Mojo “Songwriting of this quality, with powers of suggestion and intimations of doubt, deserves an audience well beyond the historically-inclined.” The Line Of Best Fit “Gorgeous” Aquarium Drunkard www.tobinsprout.net • Facebook • Twitter The NatvralAs the frontman of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Kip Berman wrote songs about the thrills and ills of young adult life with the care and concern of a cool older sibling. The long-standing New York City indiepop group disbanded soon after releasing their final record, The Echo of Pleasure (2017), and Berman found himself at a creative crossroads. He wanted to keep making music, but the themes and sounds he was interested in had shifted; it felt time for a course correction. Enter Tethers, Berman’s first solo record as The Natvral, which finds him coming to terms with the changes in his own life by observing those transformations in the people he’s known – a self-portrait in relief. In the time between making his last record with his former band, Berman’s life and location have shifted dramatically, as he welcomed a daughter, then a son, and moved from Brooklyn to Princeton. With his new identity as a parent came a crucial shift in how he approached music. Gone were the months in a cramped tour van and late nights rehearsing with his band in a windowless warehouse space. In its place were amorphous, suburban afternoons playing whimsical songs to two young children, while writing music for himself after their bedtime. But in this time away from the life of a touring artist, Berman discovered an unvarnished, broken folk rock sound-- a marked departure from his previous work. www.thenatvral.com • Facebook • Instagram • Twitter • Spotify Tobin Sprout The Natvral