Events . Unwed Sailor (OK), Feeding Fingers (Italy), Chameleon Treat

Unwed Sailor (OK), Feeding Fingers (Italy), Chameleon Treat

Thu June 1 7:30 pm $12 adv/$15 door all ages welcome
Government Center 715 East St North Side

tickets on sale at Government Center (North Side), Jerry's Records (Squirrel Hill), Caliban Books (Oakland), Long Play Cafe (Lawrenceville) and Vinyl Remains (Mt Lebanon).

Instrumental-rock legend from Tulsa, OK
UNWED SAILOR
https://unwedsailor.bandcamp.com/
https://unwedsailor.net/

with Italian post-punk band
FEEDING FINGERS
https://feedingfingers.bandcamp.com/

and special local guest
CHAMELEON TREAT
https://chameleontreat.bandcamp.com/

After two decades of critically acclaimed and fan-adored releases, Unwed Sailor has become a fixture within the indie rock/pop landscape, led by Johnathon Ford (formerly of Pedro The Lion and Roadside Monument).

In many ways, the band’s forthcoming release 'Mute The Charm' represents an exercise in addition by subtraction –creating a layered emotive experience through more organic means. At its core, it is a pop rock record with chiming guitars, melodic bass, and rock solid drums– more aligned with the accessible sides of artist influences ranging from The Sundays, Joy Division, and The Stone Roses to Lungfish and Seam than the band's previous and more ambient releases. " 'Mute The Charm' is a back to the basics record,” says Ford. “It’s instrumental music without all the dressings. Muting the charm, digging in the dirt, swimming in the ocean, going back to those primal feelings of nature, and reflecting those feelings in songs."

'Mute The Charm' also functions as a notable checkpoint in Unwed Sailor’s continuous progress in blurring the lines between post and pop rock. “I want to transcend the barrier that being an instrumental band with no vocals can sometimes bring between the artist and the listener,” says Ford. “When I sit down to write a song, I’m not writing a post-rock song, I’m writing a pop song. I’m singing through my bass lines. The bass is my voice and the notes are my lyrics. I love how bands like Tycho and El Ten Eleven have created their own voices through instrumental music that appeals to all listeners, not just post rock or instrumental music fans. My goal is to reach and inspire all music fans, not just post rock fans."

'Mute the Charm' is all-at-once a love letter to specific cities and scenes, a longing retrospective on relationships with people and the past, a nod to formative artists and trailblazers, and a hopeful look ahead towards a less tumultuous future. Stay tuned to Spartan Records for updates on Unwed Sailor, and be sure to catch the band on their upcoming tour, featuring a new live show with visuals by renowned UK artist Gary Prendergast.

Related Entities: The Government Center
Tags: Indie Post-punk Post-rock