Mercury Lounge

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Fri 6/13

$12

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http://oliverfuture.com
“Teeter-tottering between the sweeping cinematics of Coldplay and the sing-songy swagger of the Walkmen, Pax Futura is a thoroughly enjoyable (if not wholly unique) joyride of an album.” — Harp

“A constantly shifting backdrop of seamlessly drifting psych-pop, glam, and white boy soul.” — Under the Radar

“A danceable clash of dreamy vocals and jarring chords, of collective hope and universal despair.” — NPR.org

“Oliver Future’s Pax Futura is – like Radiohead’s The Bends or Weezer’s Pinkerton – both a mission statement of creativity and a shout-out loud masterpiece, the kind of record that you turn up in order to both sing-and-think along.” — Esquire.com

“Musically, Oliver Future range from the hazy indie-rock wash of “Stranger Than The Stranger,” which is coated in Josh Lit’s keyboards, to the new-wave swirl of “Happiness Machine” and the pastoral spaciness of “Whispering Wintry Wind… these guys are brimming with pop potential.” — LA Weekly

“An ambitious and intelligent album, blowing away the three-minute pop formula by fusing songs, turning up the sonic texture and filling every inch of the album with a hook (think The Flaming Lips and Wilco).” — Performer Magazine (West Coast)

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http://americanbabies.net
Tom Hamilton is only in his mid-’20s, but the guitarist/singer commands his nursery of American Babies with all the seasoned know-how of someone twice his age. The band is filled out by some heavy hitting Brooklyn based musicians; guitarist Scott Metzger, bassist Jim Hamilton, vibraphone virtuoso Kevin Kendrick, and the highly praised drummer Joe Russo. Such a lineup could easily create a large, boisterous sound, but the American Babies apply a "less is more" mentality to these rootsy, country-infused tunes. When Hamilton strums his guitar, casually wails into his harmonica, and leads the American Babies in another one of their wistful numbers, he channels a young Gram Parsons (or perhaps a more sober Ryan Adams). And when the American Babies wrap their three-part harmonies around Hamilton’s twangy baritone, it’s not hard to see this group - and their young leader - enjoying a career as lengthy as those aforementioned luminaries.