Vetiver + Skyway Man

1435 Webster St.,Alameda CA 94501

08 August, 2021

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Vetiver + Skyway Man WEAD, Ivy Room & Fireside Lounge Presents Tiny Towns Outdoor Concert Series ALL AGES Vetiver Skyway Man Tiny Towns Outdoor Concert Series WEAD, Ivy Room and Fireside Lounge Present Tiny Towns Outdoor Concert SeriesVetiverSkyway Man DOORS - 4PM / SHOW - 5PM All Ages! VetiverWebsite / Facebook / Instagram / Twitter / Spotify / Youtube Andy Cabic’s musical being is, like many curious 21st century musicians, shaped and sustained by divergent tangents. If he’s not crafting a melancholy folk rock diamond in his Northern California studio, he’s moving a dance floor with bossa nova and house DJ sets, or helping curate a compilation of Japanese City Pop. What’s magic about this new Vetiver LP Up On High is the way these tangents color the ten songs without undermining a distinct move to more elemental, spacious and natural arrangements. At the heart of each of these ten songs is Cabic’s voice: sweet, tender and weathered—a welcome and soothing old friend if ever there was one. There are other familiar friends: the album also features longtime engineer and collaborator Thom Monahan and the same resourceful and versatile band that helped Cabic make the more dense and layered Complete Strangers from 2015. Up On High was written on acoustic guitar. Having moved twice since Complete Strangers, increasingly accustomed to a life in and out of boxes, it was the easiest instrument to reach for in moments of inspiration. The basic tracking of the album took place over a few Spring days at a friend’s house in the high desert of California. This simple set-up captured the organic immediacy of a roomful of friends playing together on the floor. It’s alive and ever so subtly crackling with the intensity of a band working together, teasing out the melody and rhythms of songs with warmth and intimacy. Cabic and Monahan took the fruits of this session to Los Angeles and finished the album at Monahan’s studio over the summer as other friends popped by to lend their talents. This album reflects the world that Cabic created and lives in: Jorge Ben phrasings peek out from behind Tom Petty's Wildflowers outtakes, a gentle jangle lifts whispers of REM’s Murmur on a breeze up from Compass Point Studios. But Up On High is most clearly Cabic and his band inhabiting the realm the band was born in—sleek, economical, soulful, and sometimes sadness-tinged melodies riding on the gentle choogle and sway of an ensemble moving in beautiful unison. This is an album that breathes with you in real, lived in, natural time. Skyway ManWebsite / Bandcamp / Facebook / Instagram JAMES WALLACE -- singer, songwriter and producer behind Skyway Man -- presents The World Only Ends When You Die, a spinning disc flashing the finest examples of cosmological country and sci-fi gospel blues. The World Only Ends When You Die was conceived as a tragédie lyrique - a cinematic psych-folk opera about a person rendered incapable of coping with an uncertain reality following a near death experience. Under a spell of mixed wisdom by several “trickster guides” hailing from the future, they leap back into the world of the dead only to spend a hero’s journey climbing out, finally returning to the strange American existence of 2020. Few artists take ownership of ‘cosmic country’ as literally as James Wallace. Few artists have as much to say, with such style and substance of sound. The World Only Ends When You Die is a Saturday serial of cosmic import, “...the River Styx as an amusement park that you ride over and over again.” Eerily prescient for these pandemic times, the record offers a kind of relief--a vocalization of the alien realities that ripple under the surface of society through relatable, repeated mantras. Sometimes darkness in the mind, sometimes it leaves us. We are excited to be able to bring you live music again!***All tickets are will call only. Please bring valid photo ID for entry. *** ***(Children 4 and under are free) Make sure to check out the kid zone! ***Singaporean halal street food by Satay By The Bay SF, plus full bar. ***All our Tiny Towns shows are outdoors. We suggest bringing a hat for the sun and layers for the bay breeze ***We welcome well behaved dogs ***We encourage you to wear a mask while not actively not eating and drinking ***First come first serve seating and based on your table purchase. ***Event is rain or shine. Live performances end at 8pm. Enjoy the show! From your friends at WEAD, Ivy Room and Fireside Lounge Sponsored by Deep Eddy Tiny Towns Concert Series is supported by Alameda nonprofit West End Arts District (WEAD). Founded in 2015, WEAD presents a wide range of arts programming as well as providing fiscal sponsorship, advocacy and operational support to artists wanting to present work locally. Head over to https://www.westendartsdistrict.org/ to see more and sign up to our mailing list. Vetiver Skyway Man Live Music. East Bay.