SPACE

Whoosh! We’re psyched to welcome the homespun indie rock act 𝙍𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧, guided by Noah Weinman, on August 27. They’ll be making their SPACE debut with on the heels of a new LP, A Welcome Kind of Weakness, with NYC songwriter Clarke Sondermann’s devotional art-pop act 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙎𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙨. Tickets at SPACE538.ORG.

𝙍𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧’s sophomore full-length, A Welcome Kind of Weakness, emerged from a simultaneous tear in songwriter Noah Weinman’s body and life. Written during the months spent bedridden and healing from a torn achilles and the drastic upheaval of a breakup, the 11 songs on this record are Weinman’s most bracing, inviting the perceived vulnerability of the album’s title willingly. But at the same time, these songs are 𝙍𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧‘s most present, defiant and self-assured, a reminder of the resolve that can come from gracefully accepting submission.

𝙍𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧’s first studio record, it recalls the larger-than-life highs of the early aughts rock that Weinman grew up on, bands like Coldplay, Radiohead, and Snow Patrol with their pristine vocal presence, scintillating guitar riffs, and astral synth sparkle. This is rock music in its most delicious form, music that gave Weinman something to look forward to when he could finally play live again.

On 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙎𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙨’ latest album, Leave It in the Sand, Clarke Sondermann tenses and relaxes to the music. 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙎𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙨 works in the tradition of Ed Askew, Lavender Country, Nicholas Krgovich, and Rufus Wainwright, singer-songwriters who’ve captured the texture of gay life with detail that’s as funny and precise as it is heartbreaking. Like any young, doom-scrolling New Yorker, Sondermann’s rich inner life plays out against a constant, ambient thrum of minor annoyances, headline-making horrors, and sudden, blink-or-miss-it epiphanies.

August 27 • Thu 8 pm, doors at 7:30
runnner with Clarke
$18 adv, $22 day of • $2 off for SPACE members