Join us at the legendary Rickshaw Stop for an incredible evening of music from Jason Morrell (album release), Lapel (single release) and Aish (single release).
JASON MORRELL
Jason Morrell was born and raised on the music of Appalachia in Bluff City, TN. He has been playing and singing since a child and has been leading bands professionally since age 18. His debut album "An Unorthodox Elegy" tells stories of coming of age, love and loss and was recorded at the incomparable Tiny Telephone and pro...
Join us at the legendary Rickshaw Stop for an incredible evening of music from Jason Morrell (album release), Lapel (single release) and Aish (single release).
JASON MORRELL
Jason Morrell was born and raised on the music of Appalachia in Bluff City, TN. He has been playing and singing since a child and has been leading bands professionally since age 18. His debut album "An Unorthodox Elegy" tells stories of coming of age, love and loss and was recorded at the incomparable Tiny Telephone and produced by the incredible Jamie Riotto. "An Unorthodox Elegy" is a semi exhaustive look at the key moments that have helped shape and form him up to this point in my life, shrouded in rich synth and unique layered vocal stylings.
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LAPEL
In 1977, during an interview with People Magazine, Canadian mental health activist Margaret Trudeau was asked about her marriage to the former Prime Minister of Canada. She wasnât having it. "I want to be more than a rose in my husband's lapel,â Trudeau replied.
An elegant declaration of independence and identity, the sentence has been stuck in Debbie Neigherâs head ever since, like a song thatâs familiar but impossible to place. Lapel, the new solo project from the San Francisco singer-songwriter and musician, delivers a similar statement -- a fresh debut from a Bay Area music scene veteran. After years as a backing vocalist and keyboardist sitting in with bands like Ezra Furman, Curls (Christopher Owens), The Family Crest, and the Magik*Magik Orchestra, Debbie Neigher has claimed her place in the spotlight.
By turns playful and personal, introspective and danceable, Lapelâs debut record Periphery marks both a new sound and a new level of creative control for the artist. While Neigher, a lifelong pianist, earned critical accolades for her lush, lyrical indie-pop on her 2013 solo work Unravel, the piano âhad started to feel like a ball and chain,â says Neigher. âSo I made a rule for myself that I wasnât allowed to use any piano on this record.â
Inspired by the space that remained, she felt a new freedom to experiment, and invited friends from Geographer and Astronauts, Etc to help her craft an immersive, atmospheric and entirely new electronic landscape. Recorded at John Vandersliceâs Tiny Telephone studios, the record was co-produced by Beau Sorenson (Death Cab for Cutie, Tune-Yards) and Neigher herself.
The result is a confident record with a singular voice: Neigher delves fearlessly into a range of serious topics, from the personal (the death of her first boyfriend from a drug overdose) to the global (police brutality, reproductive rights). âThis was an opportunity to play a new character, with a new sound, in a whole different visual universe,â says Neigher.
In other words: Lapel is a new beginning, but itâs been a long time coming. âItâs a proclamation,â says Neigher, âagainst allowing yourself to be defined or diminished by anyone else.â
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AISH
Aish is a writer, singer, composer and producer. Aish makes cinematic pop music with voice, strings, electronics and found sounds. His live ensemble consists of voice, string trio, upright bass, synthesizers, electronic and acoustic percussion, harp, boyâs choir.
Aish is the son of a physicist father and an artist mother. He migrated to the United States from India. Aish studied music, with a focus on voice, songwriting and composition at the London Music School, City College of San Francisco and Berklee College of Music. Aish lives in San Francisco, where he makes music inspired by the grandeur of the California Pacific coast.
"Art-pop up and comer." --Vice