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ToneWorthy Presents: Drug Churchwith Modern Color, Soul Blind, & Pony
Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
Eulogy - 10 Buxton Ave. Asheville, NC 28801
Doors 6:30PM || Show 7:30PM
Drug Church
Drug Church are a glorious contradiction. They’re an unabashedly aggressive band that writes hooks you can’t stop humming--too poppy for the heavy crowd, too heavy for the poppy crowd. Their frontman is a singer who rarely sings, delivering lyrics that revel in the darkest corners of the human condition but are just as likely to make you laugh as to make you flinch. The band loudly shouts uncomfortable truths we’d prefer to avoid but makes us want to shout along with them; they make serious music but don’t take themselves too seriously; they’re completely adverse to planning but have found accidental success. Now on their third full-length, Cheer, the band has doubled down on their Drug Church-iest impulses and somehow emerged with their most accessible album to date.
Over six years, several EPs, and two full-lengths, Drug Church--Patrick Kindlon (vocals), Nick Cogan (guitar), Cory Galusha (guitar), Pat Wynne (bass), and Chris Villeneuve (drums)--have earned a cult following by making outsider music that’s as thoughtful as it is hard hitting. Their sound is a crushing mix of hardcore energy, ‘90s alternative melodicism, and Kindlon’s signature sing-shout; if that doesn’t exactly fit into a convenient box, it’s because the most intentional thing about Drug Church is knowing the value of being unintentional. Kindlon says, “If I have any success I’d like it to be just because people like the thing, not because I sat in a dark room learning brand alchemy.”
Modern Color
“Modern Color is a four-piece band from Los Angeles’ South Bay bringing their own energy and style to guitar-driven rock. Taking notes from bands like Dinosaur Jr, the Pixies, and Deftones, Modern Color can be as driving as they are delicate, navigating listeners through distorted riffs and dreamy hooks. Since their start the band has pushed a hard DIY work ethic that has taken them all around the world from the US to Europe and Japan, filling rooms with fans excited to jump and sing along. With a new album on the way, Modern Color is quickly becoming a band you cannot miss.”
Soul Blind
DEBUT ALBUM "FEEL IT ALL AROUND" OUT NOW.
Pony
While PONY’s genesis can be traced back to 2015, its current incarnation took shape in 2018 when songwriter Sam Bielanski paired with guitarist and collaborator Matty Morand during the writing process for their 2021 Take This To Heart Records debut, TV Baby. In the strange and unprecedented isolation that surrounded the two or so years around that record’s creation and release, Bielanski and Morand made the best of their downtime by challenging themselves to write a new song each week. The end result of that effort was over 200 songs and finely honed songwriting chops that are plainly evident in the pitch perfect pop hooks and timeless indie rock swagger that make up Velveteen’s 10 tracks. Influenced by countless hours of television, literature, and self-reflection, the record is also the band’s most vulnerable material to date, examining the complex relationships between longing, connection, and authenticity to oneself.
Velveteen, the sophomore LP from PONY examines the complex relationships between longing, connection, and authenticity to oneself. The albums 10 tracks blend a hyper catchy mix of freewheeling 90s college rock and early 2000s alternative that lets the bands anthemic pomp and unguarded vulnerability shine as a formula that feels as effortless as it does fresh.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
10 Buxton Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina 28801, United States
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