After more than fifteen years of releasing music on labels like Feeding Tube, Load Records, Astral Spirits, Bruit Direct Disques, Petty Bunco, All Gone, and others (including, if not primarily, his very own Sophomore Lounge imprint) as/alongside such outfits as State Champion, Tropical Trash, Equipment Pointed Ankh, Roadhouse, and others, "Dancing On The Edge" -- a seven song, 53 minute basement folk opus -- is the first collection of material released under Kentuckiana-based visual artist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Ryan Davis' birth name.
The tunes on the album range from bare-boned, achingly crooned avant-folk tales to jovial, full-band excursions into long-form experimental country-tinged rock modes. Continuing in the tradition of the TVZs, Terry Allens, Souled Americans, and DC Bermans before him, this 2xLP reimagines the exceedingly dated archetype of modern day "indie troubadour" music and the inherent trappings therein.
Davis' solo debut is a dense collection of Americana-Noir that navigates a familiar yet alternate reality, one of enchanted mundanity and uniquely mid-southern introspection. Simultaneously anti-social and outwardly inviting, free of cynicism yet slightly steeped in paranoia, "Dancing On The Edge" is as delicately choreographed and emotionally connective as it is, at times, absurd.
Featuring performances from friends like Joan Shelley, Catherine Irwin (Freakwater), Will Lawrence (Felice Brothers, Gun Outfit), all fellow members of Kentucky-based ensemble Equipment Pointed Ankh, & more.
Blending elements of slowcore ala Songs: Ohia , experimental post-rock ala Godspeed You! Black Emperor and chamber-folk ala Great Lake Swimmers, Footings offers up their own unique tapestry of darkness and hope. There is often a band, in various combinations, but this show will be Eric Gagne solo. Footings have been featured on Paste Magazine’s Daytrotter Sessions, and have shared the stage with the likes of Bonnie Prince Billy, The Huntress and Holder of Hands, Leyla McCalla, Mount Eerie, J Mascis, Diane Cluck, Waxahatchee, Califone, Steve Gunn, Mirah, Dredd Foole, and many more.
DOORS ARE AT 7PM AND MUSIC WILL BEGIN AT 8! The show is all ages.