Ben Seretan record release party w Jackie West / Lea Thomas / DJ Max Mellman
27 Jul, 2024, 1:00AM (EDT)
The Avalon Lounge
29 Church St
Catskill, New York 12414
$12 ADV / $15 DOOR
In the summer of 2019 Ben Seretan burned it all to tape in the sweaty hills above Venice. Having fermented like a fine grappa on dusty hard drives for the last five years, the world is now finally ready for "the insane Italian record" - it'll be out on Tiny Engines this summer. It's an improbably muscular and schizoid follow-up to Seretan's piano-and-bugs instrumental lullabies and his more considered 2020 album of songs "Youth Pastoral," but longtime fans will recognize the joyful intoxication of guitar chaos he's been chasing for a decade.
https://www.stereogum.com/2259735/ben-seretan-new-air/music/
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Boston-born and St.-Louis-raised, Jackie West emerged in Brooklyn experimental folk circles in the late 2010s. Her latest single “Tiny Flowers ii'' embodies the feeling she seeks to evoke, “the spaciousness you feel after leaving something and surrendering to the loneliness of having a good time.”
https://jackiewest.bandcamp.com/
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Lea Thomas is a songwriter from Maui, Hawaii.
https://leathomas.bandcamp.com/
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Max Mellman is a Brooklyn-based DJ, record nerd & basketball fan. When he’s not sharing the joy of his favorite dancefloor records, he can be found zoning out as the man behind ambient/fourth-world mix series Turn Off The Dark.
https://soundcloud.com/turnoffthedark69
In the summer of 2019 Ben Seretan burned it all to tape in the sweaty hills above Venice. Having fermented like a fine grappa on dusty hard drives for the last five years, the world is now finally ready for "the insane Italian record" - it'll be out on Tiny Engines this summer. It's an improbably muscular and schizoid follow-up to Seretan's piano-and-bugs instrumental lullabies and his more considered 2020 album of songs "Youth Pastoral," but longtime fans will recognize the joyful intoxication of guitar chaos he's been chasing for a decade.
https://www.stereogum.com/2259735/ben-seretan-new-air/music/
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Boston-born and St.-Louis-raised, Jackie West emerged in Brooklyn experimental folk circles in the late 2010s. Her latest single “Tiny Flowers ii'' embodies the feeling she seeks to evoke, “the spaciousness you feel after leaving something and surrendering to the loneliness of having a good time.”
https://jackiewest.bandcamp.com/
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Lea Thomas is a songwriter from Maui, Hawaii.
https://leathomas.bandcamp.com/
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Max Mellman is a Brooklyn-based DJ, record nerd & basketball fan. When he’s not sharing the joy of his favorite dancefloor records, he can be found zoning out as the man behind ambient/fourth-world mix series Turn Off The Dark.
https://soundcloud.com/turnoffthedark69