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Kazyak - Happy Camping EP Release Show (7-20)
Treat yourself and get a head start on the weekend. Come hear, see and support Twin Cities indie rock band Kazyak as they release their second set of studio recordings, dubbed Happy Camping. The show will feature a one-hour, intimate performance of old, current and brand-new/unreleased Kazyak songs as well as live visualizations of footage collected by the band.
SO WHATS UP?
With Happy Camping, indie rock band Kazyak has taken a big step beyond picking up the pieces. As we were taken thick into the woods with the See the Forest (2014) release, Happy Camping seems the beginning of a great expedition. As guitarist/songwriter Peter Frey says, Its after youve put your pack on your back and set out walking down an unexplored trail, but before youve arrived to the foot of the mountain. This album is the long walk through the open field to the base of the mountain. The music and inspiration are still deeply grounded in a natural setting, though this time, the forest burned down and this is the first wave of growth the season is undoubtedly spring, the flowers are growing back, and there is no darkness or hint of death.
STYLE/SOUND
Kazyaks sound evokes a type of Experimental Americana. The album is dubbed by Frey as the bands country record, using simple guitar/bass/drums orchestration to imitate Gillian Welch and David Rawlings slow heartbeat approach to feel. The album lineup is Frey on nylon/acoustic/electric guitars, long-time friend and bassist Lana Bolin and drummer/engineer Brett Bullion who together display a tightness that entwine hooks, lines and visceral textures. The live lineup features Frey, Bolin, Andy Wolfe (guitars), Pat Hayes (synth) and Nick Grewe (drums and electronics).
INSPIRATION
In the conventional sense, a happy camper is a comfortable, contented person. Happy Camping is Kazyak having reached this state in active form with sound, lineup, age and life. Frey wrote the songs in the months that led up to his wedding. As part of a pre-wedding get-away, he and his wife-to-be visited Alaska, where they helicoptered from the foot of a melting basin to set up camp atop the glacier. The trip marked an inventive approach to making peace with the past, entirely unhooking it from the future ahead. In search of balance and a steady state, Frey and the band seem to have found it.
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LocationBryant-Lake Bowl Cabaret Theater (Minneapolis, MN United States) (View)
810 W Lake Street
Minneapolis, MN 55408
United States
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