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Andy the Doorbum's live performance is an immersive, otherworldly experience. A visceral exhibition that blurs the lines between a genre-bending concert, scenes of macabre theatre, ritual incantations of poetry, and unsettling expressions of performance art. This atmosphere is conjured to embody the exercise of confronting the darkness of the world in order to find the small glimmers of light left there worth raging to save. It beckons the observer to delve wholeheartedly into the uncomfortable aspects of existence where few dare linger. The sickness, struggles, and death enveloping societies; the blatant inequalities and injustices consuming marginalized communities; the rising wave of autocrats and authoritarian ideologies; the endless violent wars; and the upending of weather patterns that govern the very life of the planet... It is a somber, rhapsodic, uproarious, and cathartic attempt at watering the reluctant seeds that can be found there which might defiantly spring forth to sprout new growth. With hand-crafted costumes and props, as well as intentionally designed dramatic lighting to accentuate the sonic layering of field recordings, spoken word, and an eclectic array of instrumentation; the work of Andy the Doorbum stares into the stark void, grasping around for the flakes of beauty that might be brought back from its depths to the surface.
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Born in a small town on the Allegheny Plateau of Pennsylvania and raised in the rural foothills of North Carolina, Andy the Doorbum has been writing and recording his own music since he was 9 years old, starting out banging on cake pans and yelling into boomboxes before he could play an instrument, and now playing and recording his compositions out of a home studio.
Since 2005 he has released 8 full length albums, 4 EPs, and several splits, as well as contributing to various music compilations and independent film soundtracks/scores. In 2019 a two volume album paying tribute to his work was released featuring artists from across the U.S. and Europe. He has performed in over 20 countries, headlining tours as well as opening for such notable acts as Lankum (Rough Trade), Big Business (members of Melvins/Murder City Devils/KARP/High on Fire), Zeta (from Venezuela), and Ceschi (member of Codefendants and founder of Fake Four Inc).
Beyond the music, Andy the Doorbum is a visual artist, poet, and actor; exhibiting art in galleries and universities, releasing several publications of poetry, and appearing in short films. He designs and makes his own performance costumes/assets and draws all of his own album and merchandise artwork.
His latest album 'Of Tears, No Amount Can Quench Mouths Maimed By Drought' was released in late 2023, and he is currently touring to support this body of work centered around the grieving of the death of his Father (with whom he had a tumultuous relationship) and how that process caused an internal examination of the grieving long overdue to a world embroiled in unending upheaval.
Foto: Gonzalo Daniel Loayza
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
CAFE WOLF, Annenstraße 18,Graz, Austria