Eyelids w/Victor Krummenacher's Flying Circus

EYELIDS “The Re-Accidental U.S. Tour”

Come out and join Eyelids as they return on their "The Re-Accidental Falls tour". They will be playing songs from all their vinyl releases as well as a few songs off their newly recorded forthcoming LP (their first with new member Victor Krummenacher). Says Victor: "They're smart songwriters and good people. I've played a lot of what people call Americana now, music with folk, country and blues inflections, and Eyelids are distinctly different, more pop, but with lots of twists and edges. Variety for me is the spice of musical life, and I'm really enjoying the experience of slinging the 4-stringer for them." So let's get sideways together!!

“Evokes the feel of R.E.M.’s ‘Reckoning’ with the brightness turned up, & Big Star’s ‘Radio City’ - 4 STARS -MOJO MAGAZINE

“It's hard to meet the lofty expectations created when successful musicians unite. But in Portland, Ore., one band is quietly bucking that trend. A whirlwind of tangled acoustic and electric guitars that gets stuck in your head and continues to spin long after the tunes are over. ” - NPR

"With more than a hint of the Beatles, drenched in three West Coast guitars and as great as any alt American record gets." – Chris Hawkins, BBC6 Radio

“As all great concerts do, the evening’s set list ebbed and flowed between up-tempo, high-energy tunes contrasted with mellower songs, ultimately culminating in a sonic maelstrom that saw guitarist John Moen wading into the crowd to hang his guitar around a startled fan’s neck in a definitive act of audience participation.” – Parklife, DC

“Eyelids is one of the most kick-ass bands on the planet. The new album is their best yet. Northwest PowerPop at its finest.” - Patterson Hood (Drive By Truckers)

New Album The Accidental Falls Produced by Peter Buck (R.E.M.) Eyelids introduces new member Victor Krummenacher (of Monks of Doom, Camper Van Beethoven)

When acclaimed poet and former Tim Buckley collaborator Larry Beckett first offered Chris Slusarenko and John Moen of Eyelids to write new lyrics for their next record as well as giving them access to his words from the last four decades, the musicians weren’t sure Eyelids soaring brand of guitar driven rock would jibe with someone else's lyrics (including a song that was written with Buckley). “It was Larry’s trust in us that really caused us to think we should do it,” Moen says. “When someone like that is into your work to the degree they want to collaborate, it definitely feeds your confidence.”

On The Accidental Falls Portland, Oregon’s Eyelids, one of rock’s best-kept secrets, step firmly out from the considerable shadow cast by the band members’ second-to-none pedigrees earned from time spent in Guided By Voices, The Decemberists, Stephen Malkmus and Elliott Smith’s bands. Produced by REM iconoclast Peter Buck who also plays on the record with Tucker Martine (Decemberists, My Morning Jacket, Neko Case) and Heba Kadry (Deerhunter, Bjork) who mixed and mastered the record respectively.

The Accidental Falls features a bountiful cacophony of gorgeously shimmering riffs and songs so delectably crafted that all who value the electric guitar (three to be exact) as a source of pure joy. Eyelids’ fourth album finds the outfit as both stewards of a classic sound (Alex Chiltonites and disciples of early REM or later XTC will fall hard for this project) and accomplished artists propelling their craft to thrilling new heights.

Slusarenko’s relationship with Buck goes back to 1983 when REM fanboy Chris wrote Peter a gushing letter that Buck answered, leading to a meeting in ‘84, displaying how full circle things have come for the songwriter and guitarist. The magic of being fated to find one of your heroes producing your record a half a century later isn’t lost on Slusarenko. “Peter has always been amazing for us. Having your hero become a friend and collaborator is such a dream and does so much for the band,” the guitarist says. “Even though we’ve been working together for years now, sometimes you look up in the studio and think ‘Holy shit, we’ve got Peter Buck working on our record.’”

As they typically write the music first and add lyrics later, Beckett’s compositions allowed Eyelids to wholly focus on the music and the result is stunning. Already the band’s trademark, the delectably shimmering guitar playing on The Accidental Falls is utterly spellbinding and deeply imbued with joyous emotion—rock n’ roll as catharsis.

The Accidental Falls sees the band expound upon that sound and push it to new heights. The paisley psychedelia of “Dream” and “River” provide a perfect sonic palette cleanser to the cacophonous crashing of drums and guitars the peaks of songs like “Ceremony” and the Elliott Smith-indebted “Monterey” provide. The Accidental Falls casts a hypnotic spell over the listener and triumphantly reminds us, hearts fully on sleeves, why we fell in love with rock n’ roll in the first place.

VICTOR KRUMMENACHER'S FLYING CIRCUS

Victor Krummenacher is a founding member of Camper Van Beethoven. Hailing from Riverside, CA, Victor grew up seeing punk rock shows in the greater Los Angeles area. After forming Camper Van Beethoven in the summer of 1983 in Redlands, CA, Victor and co-founder David Lowery re-established CVB in Santa Cruz, CA. Camper has had long, distinguished career over the last 38 years, sharing stages with everyone from REM to Built To Spill and enduring a break up and reformation. In addition to his time with Camper Van Beethoven, Victor has played with Monks of Doom with David Immerglück of Counting Crows, The Third Mind with Dave Alvin, experimental guitarist Eugene Chadbourne AND has released 10 solo albums, the latest of which, "Silver Smoke of Dreams" will be released on October 29. He has worked as a bassist for Cracker, M. Ward, Eric "Roscoe" Ambel, and Magnet (among others). His latest endeavor has been to join up with Portland's Eyelids.

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