Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 8:00 PM EDT

THE MORNING HERALD 

Stomping out of Philadelphia in 2016, The Morning Herald combine early 2000’s indie sleaze, heart-on-your-sleeve rock, and pulsing bedroom synth into an original and anthemic new sound. The band cut their teeth performing frat basements and bars while studying at Villanova University, before moving to Boston’s Back Bay to settle-in post-grad and hone their songwriting. In 2021, they released their debut studio album Rounder, a conceptual love letter to nights out on the town while the world was still largely in lockdown. Two years later, the band has returned with their follow-up LP, Goldstar, a breakup album in its truest sense, made full with cutting weirdo pop and danceable indie grooves. Working with Mark Watter of Headroom Studios (Mt. Joy, Alex G), the band has created an album that marries the sleek production of Tame Impala with the vocal prowess of Arctic Monkeys and the bold ambition of Arcade Fire.

BACKHOUSE

“Ah, the late ‘90s. That dreamy kaleidoscope of jewel-toned hues, baggy cargo pants, and a Sixpence None the Richer CD popped in your Sony Walkman on a warm afternoon. Those days are but a bucket-hat memory, but the sounds? They remain if you can find just the right band. BACKHOUSE, baby – melodic, hook-driven, airy. Arguably, this five-piece also sounds a lot like the early 2000s (similar feelings permeate those six some-odd years), and “Sycamore Trees” could have served as the theme music for The OC (see: Phantom Planet’s “California”). That’s to say, the track – poetic, intimate, pining – transports you back to life’s early romances: carefree and all-consuming, pregnant with the unspoken absence of forever. The one you still think about to this day. ” - Amanda Peukert

— SPIN magazine

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SHOW TIME AT 8 PM