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Saturday, June 29Letters To Cleo LIVE at Grog Shop!
Doors 7 p.m. | Show 8 p.m.
All Ages
$30
+ $3 at the door if under 21
When Boston alt-rock band Letters To Cleo split after 10 years, 3 albums, and thousands of tour miles together, it was at the behest of a pact that singer Kay Hanley and guitarist Greg McKenna made with each other when they started the band in 1990.We said that wed stop doing it when we werent having fun anymore. says Hanley. I had just had a baby, (lead guitarist) Michael Eisenstein and (drummer) Stacy Jones were recording and touring with Veruca Salts Nina Gordon, (bassist) Scott Riebling was crazy in demand as a record producer, and I know it was frustrating to Greg to be in the shitty position of doing all the work to try and keep the ball rolling. It felt hard all of a sudden, and I hated that feeling.Soul searching done and tough decisions made, Letters To Cleo called it quits. The band members moved into new careers in and out of the music business, with Hanley, Eisenstein, and Jones migrating to Los Angeles. They all remained friends and sometimes even colleagues, collaborating on a host of movie, TV, and touring projects.Now, for the first time in 17 years, Hanley, Eisenstein, Jones, and McKenna have written and recorded five brand new songs for The EP, are poised to launch a Pledge Music campaign, and will play club dates in Boston, NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles in the Fall. So why reunite now?
“Because we’re good and stuff,” laughs Jones. “To me, the question isn’t, ‘Why are we doing this now?,’ the question is, Why didnt we do it sooner and why arent we doing it more?” McKenna adds, Its a blast. I mean, we spent our formative years learning how to do this stuff together. When it was done, we went out and lived our lives and now everyones bringing their experiences back to this at a new level of musicianship, but writing with these guys still feels effortless.The new material reflects McKennas sentiment. All 5 songs are instantly recognizable Cleo concoctions that fans will devour. From Eisensteins fierce, angular guitars locking horns with Jones roaring locomotive rhythm on Hitch A Ride to McKenna and Hanleys signature melodic ESP on Good Right Here, the Cleo bandmates are in prizefighter form.
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Public Onsale : Fri, 3 May 2024 at 10:00 AM
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Grog Shop, 2785 Euclid Heights Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44106-2883, United States,Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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