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Breathe Owl Breathe, Glowing House @ Cherryvale Studio
Cherryvale Studio is tickled to present a house concert with Breathe Owl Breathe and Glowing House.
Breathe Owl Breathe is a band from East Jordan, Michigan which consists of Micah Middaugh, Trevor Hobbs, and Andréa Moreno-Beals.
The way Breathe Owl Breathe likes to tell their story, their collective journey started in the parking lot of the Boyne City Dairy Queen, when Micah, a printmaking student at Grand Valley State University, had a chance meeting with Andréa, a lifelong student of classical cello about to start at Oberlin College. There at the DQ, over a half-chocolate, half-vanilla soft serve cone, something clicked between the two young musicians. They began making music together, traveling to each other's schools to collaborate. They released two albumsFall Album in 2004, and Climb In in 2005weaving an organic, folk-influenced sound with lyrical inspiration drawn from the natural world.
They wrote songs about caves, marshlands and black bears, and created lovely vocal harmonies between two seemingly disparate voices: Andréa's ethereal, warbling soprano, and Micah's broken, sing-speak baritone. Though spare and beautiful, the albums had a loose, living roomperformance vibe, which changed when Trevor joined the mix. Canadian Shield in 2007, followed by Ghost Glacier a year later, marked a deepening of the band's sound. The music became more textured and tight, while still maintaining a homespun feel.
Through this growth, Breathe Owl Breathe's wide-eyed wonderment remained one of its trademarkand perhaps most endearingqualities. "I feel like I shouldn't call a band charming ... [but] Breathe Owl Breathe is a charming band," wrote a reviewer at Portland's The Oregonian during the band's Northwest tour in spring 2010. Words like "whimsical" and "clever" are often used to describe the band, and many media mentions, including Paste magazine's full-page piece on the band in the June/July 2010 issue's "Best of What's Next" section, have likened the sound to a sort of musical Shel Silverstein.
Even the band members get stumped when asked to describe their soundthey look up at the sky or down at their hands awhile before responding with an answer like "swimming." A more traditional description: They make music feel like a 3D experience, through storytelling, smart arranging, and creative instrumentation.
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Glowing House is a Denver-based folk-rock band piloted by husband-and-wife duo Steve Varney and Jess Parsons. The band makes thoughtful, intricate, and fun music, which has led to blogs and publications using phrases like "hauntingly-hopeful" and "raw beauty" to describe their sound. Settled in a firm belief that songs are awesome, Glowing House writes, records, and performs unique music that will stay on your mind.
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LocationCherryvale Studio (View)
1166 Cherryvale Rd
Boulder, CO 80303
United States
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