Huron John / DBMKwith Sweet Dream
at The Pinhook
Durham, NC
doors 7pm // show 8pm
$18 adv // $20 day of show
On sale now
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HURON JOHN
Huron John is always evolving. A 23-year-old multimedia artist from Chicago, Illinois now based in Nashville, Tennessee, Huron provides a new layer of definition to the “do-it-yourself” indie standard. Entirely producing, writing, and engineering a now multi-album discography, the project’s genre-defying sounds proudly shapeshift into a rainbow-spectrum of moods and flavors. Using a wholesomely grassroots approach to independently amass over 30 million listens worldwide, they have carefully supplemented album rollouts with a multimedia angle including physical art books, psychedelia-soaked visuals and philanthropic campaigns. Utilizing a ‘mystery-ridden online persona’ (-MTV) and a ‘day-tripper sound that delivers glitch juxtaposed with groove’ (-Ones To Watch), a mesmerizing melting-pot of alternative, electronic & sound-collage are delivered with ease.
Taking almost 3 years to meticulously craft their upcoming 3rd LP, the album marks Huron incorporating a variety of firsts for the project. Utilizing an eclectic arsenal of musical collaborators, visual artists (sizeably including Milan-based oil painter Tommaso Di Raimondo) and experimental recording techniques, the album marks a dramatic step forward in the Huron John story. Created with an almost method-actor-esque attitude of “pretending during recording as if this would be my last opportunity to ever make music”, the upcoming release was treated with painstaking intentionality. Patiently embarking on a process taking place in over 25 studio spaces across America, a large part of recording occurred inside an all-concrete commercial warehouse / music venue in East Los Angeles in which they lived throughout. Daringly fusing a vintage-tinged-twist on modern pop music with ethereal textures like harp and a live orchestra, the album is experienced as the musical equivalent to flipping through paint color samples at an interior design firm. Thematically centered around the concept of “becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable”, the upcoming LP easily functions as the Huron discography’s defining statement.
Finding its footing in 2018 as a virtually unknown project, their catalog has become essential listening within D.I.Y-arts communities. Making ample noise in 2020-2021 with an almost-absurdist concept album about a young Andy Warhol persuading extraterrestrials to not destroy the Earth, the now cult-favorite double album “Apocalypse Wow / cartoon therapy” uniquely built the Huron project a smile-inducing foundation. Aiming for the creation of a grander discography-wide statement, every subsequent release marks an upgrade in all aspects of quality and concept “to try and describe the short lifetimes we all share”. Forever aimed at being an inclusive world of solace for “people from all walks of life”, the Huron John project is a reflective musical guest book for all passersby to write their name into.
Huron John is always evolving. The 23-year-old multimedia artist from Chicago (now based in Nashville) has entirely produced, written, and engineered a now multi-album discography delivering a melting-pot of psychedelic alternative, electronic & sound-collage. Genre-defying sounds tastefully shapeshift through a ‘mystery-ridden online persona’ (-MTV) and a ‘day-tripper sound that delivers glitch juxtaposed with groove’ (-Ones To Watch).
Taking 3 years to meticulously craft their upcoming 3rd LP, the album marks Huron utilizing an eclectic arsenal of musical collaborators and recording techniques to take a dramatic step forward. Created with a method-actor-esque intention of “pretending as if this would be my last opportunity to make music”, the upcoming LP is the Huron discography’s defining statement. Recorded in over 25 creative spaces but mainly crafted in an LA commercial warehouse / music-venue in which they lived throughout, the upcoming 2023-release breaks bold new ground.
Finding its footing in 2018 as a virtually unknown project, their catalog has become essential listening within D.I.Y-arts communities. Making ample noise in 2020-2021 with the now cult-favorite double LP “Apocalypse Wow / cartoon therapy”, the project aims for a discography-wide statement. Bombastically loud but equally meditative, Huron John is an interactive musical guest book for all passersby to write their name into.
・Listen: open.spotify.com/artist/3CfbFUXY5EE7NmKE4n1Q3v
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DBMK
Surviving Tampa Bay, Florida, DBMK now independently makes their unique and innovative indie-pop sound stationed in New York City. Kyle produces deeply personal lyrics and a vocal presence from a loaded pallet of both delicate falsetto and heavy prince-inspired screams. Colton is nimble on the drums, downright beating the shit out of his instrument.
After collaborating with and learning from world-class producers like Kieron Menzies (FKA twigs, Lana Del Rey) and Grammy Award-winning Nick Lobel (Harry Styles, LANY) DBMK entirely self-produced their new EP ‘It Gets Dimmer’ in their Brooklyn studio.
・Listen: open.spotify.com/artist/6EByikTHjqFtWxos3Iaqik
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SWEET DREAM
Sweet Dream is a Greensboro NC-based psychedelic power pop fusion group, a genre designation that is fitting of their recordings. On stage however, you never know what you’re going to get - virtuosic playing, extra jams, total improvisation, jazz standards, and sometimes even straight ahead power pop and rock n roll.
Sweet Dream is the musical brainchild of guitarist, vocalist, and bandleader Julian Creech-Pritchett. Filling out the live band are Ramon Garcia on bass and Xavier Ware on drums. In the studio, Creech-Pritchett generally plays everything, aside from listed features on various songs.
・Listen: open.spotify.com/artist/76dhWrOY3Ivc8Fl7BQwp5l
Event Venue
The Pinhook, 117 W Main St, Durham, NC 27701-3603, United States,Durham, North Carolina
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