Presented by: Spectrasonic, punkottawa.com, Beau's All Natural
Doors: 9pm / Show at 10pm
Cover: $10 adv + service charges
DAVE HAUSE (Philadelphia folk/rock, Rise Records)
For Dave Hause the American dream is a broken promise, a childhood ideal that has been shattered by the reality of the past two decades. On the musician's second solo album, Devour, Hause scours the foundation of that crumbled dream in an attempt to discover how everything we believed growing up could have turned out so differently. The album, initially written to become the third record from Hause's rock band The Loved Ones, follows his 2011 solo debut Resolutions, a disc that allowed the musician to understand his potential as his own artist.
As Hause, a Philadelphia native, began penning new music for a new album from The Loved Ones, it became clear that the group, who had taken a break after their second album, had stalled. These songs, however, which showcased a clear thematic journey, were meant to be vocalized by Hause and over the past few years he transformed them into Devour. Hause solidified the album's sequence before even going into the studio, aiming to craft a narrative arc that drove the album from its dark, heavy first half into a lighter, more hopeful tone. A thematic line of melody runs through the songs, reflecting the overarching ideas in the music itself. The disc explores the heartbreak of shattered childhood promises of a better world and concludes with optimistic hope.
www.davehause.com
KALLE MATTSON (Ottawa indie/folk)
www.kallemattson.com
CORY LEVESQUE (Ottawa folk)
www.corylevesque.com
TICKETS
available at Vertigo Records and www.spectrasonic.com/event/793663