Caffè Mela presents
Daniel G. Harmann & the Trouble Starts
Exohxo
Sat, August 18, 2012
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
Caffè Mela
Wenatchee, WA
$5 adv / $8 day of
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Daniel G. Harmann & the Trouble Starts - (Set time: 9:00 PM)
Daniel G. Harmann and his band — Kennith Darling on bass, Shea Bliss on drums and guitarist Aaron Starkey — are master craftsmen of working class art, as sinewy and sensual as Blur, as strong as the late 90s Seattle rock scene and as emotionally honest and deep as melancholy rockers Jimmy Eat World, Idlewild, or even Fugazi. The band has jumped forward with Risk, which will be released last year on Burning Building Recordings. Recorded live over five days last year with Long Winters bassist Eric Corson, the album's songs captured what the group describes as "a creative burst." Various people have tagged Harmann's work as everything from "beautiful and expressionistic" to "mope rock." "Call it what you will," Harmann says, "but at its core, it's rock and roll. It's dirty and imperfect. It's quiet and loud."
Exohxo - (Set time: 8:00 PM)
Exohxo is a chamber-pop/rock band from Seattle, Washington.
In the winter of 2008, Danny Oleson and Jasen Samford began writing and recording the songs that would become Exohxo's self-released first album, “Other Ghosts”. This first release and numerous Seattle-area live performances garnered Exohxo a fair amount of local notoriety, with air-play on 107.7 The End's Locals Only, and write-ups in local papers such as the Stranger and the Seattle Weekly, as well as various online publications.
In April 2010, Exohxo went to Egg Studios to record an EP with Conrad Uno (the Presidents of the united States of America, Mudhoney, the Posies). The five song EP, entitled “The Pitfalls, the Possibilities, the Peril and the Promise”, is somewhat of a departure from the songs of “Other Ghosts”, as Exohxo has had time to develop their style and talents as a band. Drawing influence from popular music of the 50s and 60s, these songs feature a lot of warm vocal harmonies and massive orchestration. Inspired by a performance with the Seattle Rock Orchestra, Exohxo brought in a ten-piece choir, as well as a string quartet and thirteen-piece orchestra to record on the EP tracks.
The “The Pitfalls, the Possibilities, the Peril and the Promise” features songs that range from ballads to driving rock in the span of 19 minutes.
In the winter of 2008, Danny Oleson and Jasen Samford began writing and recording the songs that would become Exohxo's self-released first album, “Other Ghosts”. This first release and numerous Seattle-area live performances garnered Exohxo a fair amount of local notoriety, with air-play on 107.7 The End's Locals Only, and write-ups in local papers such as the Stranger and the Seattle Weekly, as well as various online publications.
In April 2010, Exohxo went to Egg Studios to record an EP with Conrad Uno (the Presidents of the united States of America, Mudhoney, the Posies). The five song EP, entitled “The Pitfalls, the Possibilities, the Peril and the Promise”, is somewhat of a departure from the songs of “Other Ghosts”, as Exohxo has had time to develop their style and talents as a band. Drawing influence from popular music of the 50s and 60s, these songs feature a lot of warm vocal harmonies and massive orchestration. Inspired by a performance with the Seattle Rock Orchestra, Exohxo brought in a ten-piece choir, as well as a string quartet and thirteen-piece orchestra to record on the EP tracks.
The “The Pitfalls, the Possibilities, the Peril and the Promise” features songs that range from ballads to driving rock in the span of 19 minutes.
