BIG SAD Album Release Show! w/ DISCORD THEORY, POHGOH - SAT 9/21 @ Microgroove
Schedule
Sat Sep 21 2024 at 07:00 pm to 10:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Microgroove | Tampa, FL
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New Granada Records presents....BIG SAD
"Black Umbrellas" Album Release Show!
w/
DISCORD THEORY
POHGOH
$10.00, 7:00 doors, All Ages
POSTER: Eric Collins aka MrENC
ABOUT BIG SAD / BLACK UMBRELLAS:
BIG SAD is back and inviting friends old and new to take cover under 'Black Umbrellas'.
The album, via Florida's New Granada Records, finds the Tampa rock band still carrying the weight of human struggle from its debut, Send Help, which was released in 2020 on the same day that America confirmed its first case of COVID-19.
But the new music adds another layer of reflection. The lyrics are a companion for listeners who feel like they’ve lost hope in the day-to-day struggle of inequality and fighting to be more than somebody that just gets through the day.
Over seven tracks, Big Sad channels its influences—the warmth of Jets To Brazil’s Orange Rhyming Dictionary, the frantic guitars of J. Mascis, and unbridled joy of Superchunk and Archers of Loaf—into a record that showcases the growth of Dave Decker and Richie Lawler’s songwriting partnership that dates back to 1992.
On the anthemic lead single, “Tragedy At Sea,” Lawler took inspiration from a friend’s poem that analogizes the time in life when a parent has to let go and let the child leave home. Or not.
The title track finds Decker, a photojournalist, using words to take listeners back to Portland in the summer of 2020 when... more
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releases September 20, 2024
All Tampa punk scene lifers from a time when bands like Braid, Radon, Clairmel, Drive Like Jehu, Tree People
Venues: Blue Chair, Hardback Gainesville
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Where is it happening?
Microgroove, 4948 N Florida Ave, Tampa, FL 33603-2120, United States,Tampa, FloridaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
