Looking for something to do on Thursday night? Well, you can check out David Bazan (aka Pedro the Lion) and Say Hi, both Barsuk Records artists, at The Media Club (695 Cambie Street at Georgia )
Thursday, 5 November 2009
About David Bazan
Listen – Bless This Mess
Known for his work fronting the enigmatic rock band Pedro the Lion, David Bazan’s emotionally charged narratives, eye for telling detail, and mournful voice have more in common with J.D. Salinger’s “Nine Stories” or Flannery O’Connor’s “Wise Blood” than with the usual lyrical slant of popular music. Bazan is a gifted storyteller, weaving parables of spiritual conflict, suburban ennui, and personal surrender into magnetic, well-crafted songs. His debut solo full-length album, curse your branches (out September 1), is a masterwork by a modern American poet (Paste called him one of the “100 best living songwriters” in a piece that followed the release of his solo EP Fewer Moving Parts) at the height of his powers. This record is the deepest and most explicit exploration of his struggles with faith and the Evangelical world in which he was raised to date, and a meditation on all things passed between the generations.
About Say Hi
Listen – OhOhOhOhOhOhOhOh
Say Hi is Eric Elbogen, who wrote and recorded his new album, oohs & aahs, at his home studio over the course of 2008. He used to live in Brooklyn, NY, but moved to our hometown (Seattle, WA) in December of ‘06, and we’re very glad he did, since it gave us the chance to spend time with him and get to know him better. He’s a charming, thoughtful guy, and his new album is brilliant.
