NEXT SHOW: Fri, Sept 24, 2021
@ The Bowery Electric
@ The Bowery Electric
Into a Ball - Debut EP Out Now
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The Booklights' debut EP "Into A Ball" features five tracks ranging in tone and intensity. From the scorching vocals and propulsive dread of “Waywiser” to the soaring falsetto of “Sweeter on the Vine” to the classic folk worldliness of "My Woman, the Almanac" to "Slingshot" going full-on hoedown, each song is wrapped in a cloud of heavenly harmonies atop a bed of strings. It's all the classic comfort of Stephen Foster melodies through a 21st century lens. The EP concludes with a cover of The Velvet Underground's “All Tomorrow’s Parties” with crisp harmonies and symphonic sprawl...it's like the Association covering a Civil War marching song, ditching the shambling Warholian fuzz and instead giving it an orch-pop sheen. The EP was recorded remotely during the pandemic of 2020. It was produced, mixed, and mastered by James Frazee (Sharon Van Etten, Patti Smith, Esperanza Spaulding).
THE BOOKLIGHTS
Based in NYC, The Booklights began putting their sophisticated, un-ironic twist on folk music in 2014. Led by singer-songwriter, mandolinist/guitarist, Rob Morrison, the band includes Benny Elledge on percussion and vocals, Rachel Green on violin and vocals, and Lauren Molina on cello and vocals.
Based in NYC, The Booklights began putting their sophisticated, un-ironic twist on folk music in 2014. Led by singer-songwriter, mandolinist/guitarist, Rob Morrison, the band includes Benny Elledge on percussion and vocals, Rachel Green on violin and vocals, and Lauren Molina on cello and vocals.
