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Party of the Sun / SPRY

  • Brewbakers 48 Emerald St Keene, NH, 03431 United States (map)

Party of the Sun is a psychedelic folk band from New Hampshire, composed of Ethan McBrien, Rory Hurley, and Garrett Cameron.

Since 2006, both McBrien and Hurley have recorded and performed together in various projects. Throughout his career, McBrien has always had an interest in folk music; writing many songs influenced by the Americana tradition.

In the fall of 2015, McBrien and Hurley began recording this material. These collaborative sessions at McBrien’s home - a small sheep farm in Marlborough, NH - were the impetus of what has become Party of the Sun.

Since their inception, the band has released two full-length albums - Trekker and Fullest Hour, and five EPs - Lay Low, Goldenwood, and Capsule I, II, & III.

With coverage including Atwood Magazine, Under The Radar, Glide, UNXIGNED, For The Rabbits, and alexrainbirdMusic, Party of the Sun’s music has been described as heartfelt, warm, and meditative. Exploring themes of connectedness, time, nature, and fatherhood, Party of the Sun crafts timeless folk with nods to psychedelia and Americana. 

Party of the Sun has been featured in television shows such as Deputy on Fox and Charmed on The CW. They have shared the stage with acts including Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Haley Heynderickx, William Tyler, Habibi, Robert Randolph, Footings, and more.

Spry is the outcropping of songwriter Eleanor Elektra's original music, a five-piece band, playing jazz, folk, and roots-influenced songs. 

Spry is also, by design, a kind of research group,  investigating the porous boundaries that Eleanor's lyrics invoke - the existential & internal, tension & flexibility, sickness & recovery, the shoreline & the forest's edge.

Alternatingly precise and wild, the group's collective compositions recreate landscapes where they can bring their audiences in to more fully examine the fragility of the communities and ecosystems around them.

Squaring Max Ridley's joyful, steady upright bass against Zosha Warpeha's richly textural and toothsome fiddle, Jacob Hiser's rippling and elegant piano against Tim Wolf's belly-felt rhythms and animalistic clatters, the group's tensions and collaborations create a bed of wonders for Eleanor to to build her songs upon.

Eleanor has been touring the United States as a solo artist for nearly a decade, and is a mainstay in the local Boston music scene, performing in premiere venues from the House of Blues to local fixtures like The Lilypad.

Doors will open at 7pm and music will begin no later than 8. Seating is first come first served. All Ages!

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