Event

Vandaveer @ The Raven House

In support of their 5th LP, The Wild Mercury, Vandaveer will be gracing the Raven House for an intimate, living room concert on May 7th.

Having written his most personal collection of songs to date, Mark Charles Heidinger initially planned to strip the recording process down to as few elements as possible, pursuing a more direct, minimalist approach. But after huddling with vocalist, Rose Guerin, and long-time producer, Duane Lundy, they charted a new course, enveloping these autobiographical vignettes with a full spectrum of sound. And with more than a little help from their friends. The trio called in brothers-in-arms, J. Tom Hnatow, Robby Cosenza and Justin Craig, for a prolonged session of sonic wayfinding. What emerged is musical alchemythese are songs fully realized; this is Vandaveer fully formed.

Heidingers saturated vocals alternately soothe and electrify. When paired with Guerins angelic, bittersweet alto, the two create quicksilver harmonies. Long the defining quality of Vandaveers shapeshifting sound, this amalgam comes into full focus here. And throughout, Heidingers undeniable gift for storytelling shines as he reflects on possibilities forfeited, on narratives yet to be formed from the raw materials of the past. These are songs from a father to a child, a musician to his muse, a bandmate to a brothersongs of parting and return, of joy and melancholy, of life with all its paradoxes, of beauty, both indelible and ephemeral.