ALL AGES. Proof of vaccination required for entry. Masks are required at all times for audience members and performers (masks are optional only while performing).
DOORS 7:00 / SHOW 7:30 / DONE BY 10:00 / Tickets $10
Hopeful Utopian is a one-woman looping project from St. Louis making delightfully boisterous post rock.
The sole member, May Meckes, is a classically trained tuba player who transitioned into an effects pedal junkie. Utilizing a guitar, a drum machine, and an immense pedalboard for live shows, Meckes creates imaginative loops that feel like math rock, hardcore, indie, and EDM had an uncomfortably positive and relentlessly friendly baby. Her recorded works, while having a similar sound, reflect the transformation from creating tender ambient bedroom instrumentals to structurally complex and tonally vibrant pieces inspired by modern orchestral works, a love of punk, and the joy of making weird noises.
Hopeful Utopian is independently releasing an EP The Best Ones at the end of Fall 2023 and is currently booking to play your local basement, dive bar, community space, or secret tree house.
https://hopefulutopian.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/hopefulutopian/
Limber Brain is the indie-folk/alt-rock music project of multi-instrumentalist Riley Campos. His work has been compared to the likes of Father John Misty, Fleet Foxes, and French Cassettes. His seventh full-length album, Everyone Else Is Leaving, is set to release on April 28th, 2023. After taking a break from recording and performing music to help care for his sick father, Campos has returned with an impactful statement about love and loss. The new album is filled with guitars ranging from folky to surf rock, with honeyed harmonies, and for the first time in his discography, the occasional string section. Campos sings through the truth of his emotions with grace and honesty, never shrugging off his responsibility as a songwriter to share the unaltered intensity of life. He manages to touch on ending relationships, death, and the questioning of a higher power and blend them with an upbeat, sometimes even jubilant landscape of sound. As always, Campos writes, performs, and produces each song by himself through the use of multitrack recording.
https://www.instagram.com/limberbrain/
https://www.facebook.com/limberbrain
https://limberbrain.bandcamp.com
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4lt79qtLMJO3OsIe1aE7g9?si=la0WNBzQTUS3KDQfcS2LeQ
Accessibility notes: We have two steps to come in the front door, and one step in our back door. There are two steps into the second portion of our building to reach the bathroom. Please let us know if we may assist you in accessing the space.
We have limited parking behind our building in a small lot.