mehro with Ann Annie X Amos Heart
Schedule
Sun Apr 24 2022 at 08:00 pm
Location
The WOW Hall | Eugene, OR
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On Sunday, April 24, the Community Center for the Performing Arts proudly welcomes mehro to the WOW Hall.It is to no one's surprise that listeners around the globe have fallen for mehro. Cut from the same cloth of earnest songwriters like Elliot Smith, Jeff Buckley and Rufus Wainwright, mehro brings a maturity to music that is missing from the current pop-centric scene. From his deft, poignant lyrics to his sweet, indie sound, mehro’s evocative imagery draws you in as you join him on his journey. Through his masterful compositions, mehro captures the essence of a soul much older and wiser than he seems.
Sky on Fire, mehro’s highly-praised project about the bleakness of 2020, catapulted the artist to new heights with over 34M streams on all platforms, 350K TikTok views in a single night, and half a million views overall on the platform.
The LA native only released his first song in 2020, but his undeniable talent has been recognized by NPR’s All Songs Considered, American Songwriter, FLOOD and The Line of Best Fit. Tastemakers like Flaunt, Ones To Watch, C-Heads, and Variance Magazine have also heralded him as one, “of the most exciting new artists to arrive.”
Having quickly earned a following of 210K followers on Instagram, the mehro wave shows no sign of breaking as the worldwide love continues to pour in.
Tickets are $12 in advance, $14 day of show. Doors open at 7:00 pm and showtime is 8:00.
Feel free to search far and wide for the latest version of something that hurts as good as “Songs of Leonard Cohen” and feels as chilly as Bon Iver’s “Blood Bank.” But what if I told you that you didn’t need to look further than Alder Street? Eugene based singer/songwriter Avery Haines, who goes by the alias of Amos Heart, released his first album with collaboration from Portland’s Ann Annie titled “The House on the Hill” this past December. If you haven’t heard it yet, I’m sorry my friend, but you’re late to the party.
With the debut, Heart takes a nostalgic peek into his past with a heavy dose of reflection onto the listener's own past. Whispers of wintertime love and warm reminders of a life left behind make the new LP refreshingly personal.
The first track funnels you out of your own place and back to Heart’s childhood home in Portland. He takes on the role of a narrator and invites you inside. By walking you through Ann Annie’s atmosphere of ambient noise and stopping to show you old pictures on the walls, he puts you at ease and introduces you to the place you’ll sit for the rest of the songs.
From the first taste, “The House on the Hill” feels familiar. Song one moves seamlessly into the second with upbeat chatter behind warm chords. This is where it all starts to feel like an “A Christmas Carol” type dreamscape. The listener becomes an uninterrupting observer to the memories being shared.
The lyrics capture the essence of homecoming, and the songs they sit inside are cozy all around. There's a swirling sort of cold around the album that feels Northwest-made, but the tracks stay bright and full. If you told me this whole thing was thought up in a little log cabin with rain on the roof and gray in the sky, I’d be quick to buy it. Especially in tracks like “Maxwell” and “Troubadour,” the old cliché of “cold hands warm heart” comes to life.
I’d call “The House on the Hill '' one hell of an album to get you through the season and to the spring. Whether you check it out online or catch Heart and the band on tour, I hope you find the same cozy feeling in the album that I met on my first listen.
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Where is it happening?
The WOW Hall, 291 W 8th Ave, Eugene, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
