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Thalia Zedek Band, Quattracenta, Regolith

The Government Center
Pittsburgh, PA

Thu June 26 7:30 pm all ages/21+ drink $15 advance/$20 door
Government Center, 715 East St, North Side

advance tickets on sale at Government Center, and online at https://thaliazedekbandpittsburgh.brownpapertickets.com

Thrill Jockey recording artists from Boston
THALIA ZEDEK BAND (from Live Skull and Come)
https://thaliazedek.bandcamp.com/album/the-boat-outside-your-window

with Quattracenta (Baltimore)
https://quattracenta.bandcamp.com/album/ii
[Produced by J Robbins (Jawbox, Government Issue) and released via Bob Nastanovich's (Pavement, Silver Jews) Brokers Tip label.]

and locals Regolith
https://regolithpgh.bandcamp.com/album/parhelia-live-at-vicious-circle-7-june-2024

Thalia Zedeks considerable body of work (Live Skull, Come, e, and TZ Band) demonstrates a clarity of vision, a singular performance style, and an expansive range. Her ability to deliver raw emotions through her vivid stories of loss and hope, strife and triumph is unmatched. Zedek has long been a melodic songwriter in a series of heavy bands. That contrast, along with her distinct blend of both direct and poetic lyrics, allows her to sing of the most difficult of lifes moments in ways that are both elevating and devastating.

Out and proud her entire career, Thalia never hesitates to speak truth to power. A commanding presence, Zedek wields her band like a storm, hurling tempests and cutting through the mist with precision, the ensemble swelling and unspooling in sync with her every gesture. The Boat Outside Your Window finds Thalia Zedek contemplating absence and distance, with songs as spirited as they are profoundly moving.

Since the departure of violist Dave Curry and pianist Mel Lederman following the 2021 album Perfect Vision, the core band of Zedek (guitar and vocals), bassist Winston Braman, and drummer Gavin McCarthy (Karate) have been joined by pedal steel guitarist Karen Sarkisian. On The Boat Outside Your Window, Sarkisians countermelodies and oblique augmentations created with nontraditional tools like an Ebow, add an otherworldly quality to songs. The grit of Zedeks guitar and drive of Braman and McCarthy are met with synth-like swells and more harmonic density. As Zedek guides the ensemble towards more tender passages, melodies unfold gently, with ease. The album features guests Nancy Asch (percussion) and Beth Heinberg (piano) whose subtle touches are added to Shoes and Aliyah.

Unlike the more politically charged songs of Perfect Vision and Fighting Season (2018), the songs on The Boat Outside Your Window reflect inwards. The energetic Tsunami seamlessly intertwines the personal and the political; the rising wave of pedal steel surrounds the song's core guitar figure. Aliyah (meaning rising, ascending, exalted) is a song about the ancient tower of Babel and the utter communication breakdown that humankind is currently in the midst of. Disarm deals with personal separation and reunification while Circus, looks at broader helplessness and loss of control. The downtempo, longing Boat gorgeously captures the beauty and pain of seeing a person one misses in ones surroundings. The poignant Shoes, a song inspired by Berlin, braids haunting images of the past with an unsettling present. Throughout the album, Zedek deftly uncovers how external realities manifest in our internal worlds.

Zedeks mastery of songwriting is on full display on The Boat Outside Your Window. Her unique musical voice remains potent and pointed. Cultivating her sound with purpose and an unflinching view of humanity, Zedeks words and music are both invigorating, and capable of capturing the deep emotional complexities of life. The Boat Outside Your Window is Thalia Zedek reaching new heights, reinforcing her status as a peerless songwriter and voice.

Location

The Government Center
715 East St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
United States

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