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Thursday May 16
2024 8:00PM doors -- music at 8:30PM ••• 21 AND OVER $13 in advance / $15 at the door Secret Secret (EP release) www.secretsecretband.com garage rock indie folk lullaby punk pop Indianna Hale www.facebook.com/profile.indianna-hale country-alt dream pop garage pop lo-fi shoegaze Half Stack facebook.com/halfstackband country rock psychedelic rock Secret Secret -from San Francisco, CA -Secret Secret began as a collaboration between four friends who found their voice in the underground San Francisco rock community. They play genre-bending music that waterfalls from melancholy indie pop to explosive alt-rock. Lead singer Sadie Alan had a treasure trove of songs from her young adulthood that were rarely played in front of an audience. Her friend Marika Stuurman was determined to change that and so in 2018 she invited drummer Maria Donjacour and bassist Sasha Konnings to jam with them. They met in Sadie’s basement and got to know each other over beers and music. Since the pandemic, Sasha has parted ways from the band and Thomas Fendert has stepped in holding down the bass. Secret Secret released their first EP called HUSH in 2019 and released their first full length, self-titled album on July 24th, 2020. Secret Secret immortalizes their authentic personality in their debut self-titled album, released on July 24th, 2020. The record spans multiple genres from mellow indie rock to pop punk and even includes a Russian lullaby. Despite the dynamic range, Secret Secret’s album is unified by powerful lead vocals, Beach Boys style harmonies, and captivating lyrics from beginning to end. They didn’t set out to write about the female experience but when learning to love in a patriarchal society, it's inherently part of the deal. One song called Bye Bye Baby is ripe with double entendre. On the surface it’s a breakup song but when the lyrics are taken literally they describe the challenging emotions of deciding to get an abortion, “maybe if I was older, more stable, then you could be / but for now, bye bye baby”. Another song called Rich Guy is a satirical plot to marry a rich husband only to kill him and reap the life insurance money. It was born in Maria’s basement during a tipsy rant about how techies suck and quickly grew into a much larger conversation. Rich Guy is a clear middle finger to cops, toxic masculinity and income disparity. Secret secret is full of surprises. This release is purely collaborative and you can tell the band is deeply connected to each other. The song Somewhere to Go started as a slow singer-songwriter ballad until drummer Maria Donjacour suggested speeding it up. The song turned into a psychedelic tornado that eventually would include a theremin and a disheveled tri-tone outro. These are just a few gems on the 12 song LP, made with love and with the intention of sharing the band’s collective stories. Indianna Hale -from San Francisco, CA -Indianna Hale is a multi instrumentalist singer songwriter based in San Francisco. "Imagine Cate le Bon baking a sweet-but- not-too-sweet birthday cake with Calvin Johnson, wearing fuzzy warm sweaters and slippers and sipping home-fermented strawberry wine. This music sounds like that to me." - Bill Baird Half Stack -from Oakland, CA -Half Stack are an Oakland country rock band that incorporates elements of garage rock, psychedelic pop, jangle pop, jazz rock, and jam band into their brand of gorgeous, laid-back philosophical West Coast music. Featuring noteworthy personnel such as frontman Peter Kegler (Babewatch) and Oliver Pinnell (who worked with Jay Som on Everybody Works), Half Stack boasts a ‘stacked’ lineup of top-tier songwriters and musicians. |
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