What: Batteryboy with Special Guests TBA
When: Aug 13, 2016
Time: 7-10pm
Cost: $10 suggested donation
Batteryboy has been described by 89.3 The Current’s Andrea Swensson as “…reminiscent of Cloud Cult’s acoustic work and neo-folkies like Bon Iver.”
Americana UK’s 7/10 album review of batteryboy’s debut up for air says batteryboy “remind me of The National, particularly the passion the members of both bands put in when delivering their performances.”
on before the silence breaks, batteryboy has evolved to create a sonic niche of their own. Rouse claims batteryboy ‘makes music to deal with everything else,’ and when they sweep you up in their lush sound and cathartic, emotionally charged lyrics, you just might find some help dealing with everything else, too.
batteryboy was founded as a solo project by Rouse in 2011, and now includes multi-instrumentalist Eric Carranza, cellist Hilary James (We are the Willows), and drummer Kahlil Brewington. Cloud Cult violinist Shannon Frid-Rubin and Trombonist Andrew Thoreen of Har-di-Har and J.E. Sundae also appear on several songs on the album.
before the silence breaks is produced by Eric Martin and Cobey Rouse and will be released August 2, 2016 on Galloping Spread Records.
“Rouse pours his heart into batteryboy’s eloquent lyrics; they come straight from the soul.” – Becca Martin, Rift Magazine
“The melody of the sad songs, even without the lyrics, opens your heart. The reserved upbeat tempo of the joyous songs makes you smile wistfully…it’s just beautiful, grown up music.” – Ann Treacy, TC Daily Planet
