Don’t Miss Mother Falcon!
By Guest on Aug 18 Filed In Austin, Texas, Guest Blogger, Live Music 2 Comments
Hello Lovers of Sweet Leaf Tea!
I’m writing you as a fellow fan of Sweet Leaf. My name is Zoe, and I am friends with the tea goddess April. Thanks to April, I’m doing a guest post (and writing while sippin on a SLT Half-n-Half; my personal second favorite SLT) and I wanted to write to ya’ll about a show goin’ down tomorrow at The Parish.
The show is an end-of-summer bash with orchestral indie rockers Mother Falcon. If their name sounds familiar, it’s probably because you’ve seen them gigging around town, or perhaps you saw them on the cover of the Austin Chronicle a few weeks ago. I don’t like to hype bands much—no one will know what the future brings—but I feel pretty confident making the prediction that these guys will be the Austin breakout band of the year. The buzz they are getting is well deserved; if the phrase orchestral indie rock boggles the mind, then give them a listen. With gorgeous melodies and full, lush, arrangements, it’s easy to get wrapped up in the rhythm and float away on a cloud of musical bliss. Not to say the openers aren’t equally fantastic; Battle Bend and Little Lo are opening for Mother Falcon and both are along the same beautiful lines, although slightly more stripped down. Little Lo is sonically reminiscent of a perfect, lazy Austin afternoon—yea, I’m not entirely sure what that means either, but that’s what I think of when I listen to them—see if our ideas of perfect afternoons are the same. Battle Bend is folky rocky fun; it’s come and gone as many different groups and ideas, but always anchored by fantastic songwriter Andrew Stevens.
So, you may be wondering, how is this show relevant to your tea-sippin lifestyle? Well, Sweet Leaf does happen to have the rockin-est fans around—so it seems natural ya’ll might wanna check this out. And I have it on good authority that Mother Falcon are big fans of Sweet Leaf Peach Tea, so you’ll be among fellow fans. I’m hoping to see some of you at the show; it’s tomorrow night (Aug. 19th) at The Parish, doors are at 7 and Little Lo kicks it off at 8. The cover is $8, and money made from the show will go to help record a Mother Falcon full length! Now that’s sweet (leaf)!
Your comrade in SLT arms,
Zoe
MOTHER FALCON: Marigold (Live at the Mohawk) from mutuallymade on Vimeo.
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