Will Orchard, Dirty Bird & Couchsleepers

188 Main Street,Burlington VT 05401

24 August, 2021

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Will Orchard, Dirty Bird & Couchsleepers 21+ Join Will Orchard, Dirty Bird, & Couchsleepers at Club Metronome! Tuesday, August 24 Club Metronome 8pm $8 // 21+ WILL ORCHARD There is something deeply cathartic about isolation. Set alone on tour, driving through the foliage of upstate NY, Will Orchard’s sophomore record, I Reached My Hand Out, gently and bitterly explores that catharsis with the opening line, “I hate talking on the phone for too long”. Will began exploring his artistry in 2015, with the start of a project called LittleBoyBigHeadOnBike. After several years of unstoppable prolificacy and the quiet bandcamp release of 100 mostly home recorded albums, Will released his first record under his own name titled Old Friends on the Mountain. Another homespun release, Old Friends celebrated intimate minimalism and song craft that was vulnerable and delicate. Often combining acoustic instrumentation and electronic sounds, the record crafted a concise narrative from the many ideas that made LittleBoyBigHeadOnBike what it was. Seeking now to both honor and shatter his past work, Will Orchard emerges with a record that takes a hard look at the pain that comes from imperfection. I Reached My Hand Out documents the process of walking away from shame, learning to criticize yourself and the world with empathy, and then walking right back again. DIRTY BIRD Dirty Bird hails from the concrete woodlands of New York City, and consists of Christie Belanger, Melissa Escudero, Natasha Thweatt, Nick Katz, John Crisan, Eli Greenhoe and Blake Suben. Though the band is young, each member has spent his or her life grounded in music. With roots going back to New York’s renowned arts school LaGuardia High School, the members of Dirty Bird reconnected in 2016, and in true New York style bring a wide variety of musical backgrounds—ranging from jazz to bluegrass to classical—together in one vibrant and wholly original folk sound. Since forming, the band has presented powerful performances to venues including Bowery Ballroom, Mercury Lounge, Mass MoCa and Radio Bean, and the Northside Music Festival. Dirty Bird brings both new and long-devoted audiences intimate, poetic lyrics charged by three-part harmony and lively, distinctive arrangements. Soulful, harmonious, and ever-evolving, Dirty Bird’s music redefines what it means to be a folk band. COUCHSLEEPERS A soundtrack for restless nights. Couchsleepers was formed by neuroscientist & songwriter Harrison Wood Hsiang, uniting under a single name a sprawling collective of musicians and artists. The band made its debut with the nine-track Only When It’s Dark in 2019. On the road, Hsiang is joined by frequent collaborators Mike Nunziante, Brendan Ronan, Max Shashoua, and Gloria Breck. Fresh Music Served Daily