Name: Long Beard
Start: 2023-04-24T20:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-04-24T23:00:00-04:00
Location: DC9 Nightclub

Long Beard

DC9 Nightclub

Highnoon

<h3>Long Beard</h3><p><a href="http://longbeardband.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">WEBSITE</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/longbeardband" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">FACEBOOK</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/longbeardband/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">INSTAGRAM</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/longbeardband" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">TWITTER</a>  | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/3truyDimkGtu58fxQj9Xv9" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> SPOTIFY</a>  |  <a href="https://long-beard.bandcamp.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">BANDCAMP</a></p><p>Means To Me is the second full-length under Leslie Bear’s moniker, Long Beard, and her first since 2015’s Sleepwalker. Throughout the record, Leslie explores what constitutes a home — how it extends beyond the physicality of a roof over your head to the comfort of another person. A sense of self, stability or security.</p><p>The last four years between records mark a particularly significant and transitional time for Bear. A career move led her back to her hometown in New Jersey long after her friends and peers moved away, resulting in feelings of stasis and nostalgia that shape the album. Reflections on the past are evident in tracks like album single “Sweetheart”, in which Bear considers a past love, where they are now, and her life in relation to theirs.</p><p>Bear’s sophomore album shows a growth and maturation in sound from her debut. Co-produced with Craig Hendrix (Japanese Breakfast), the record occupies a dreamlike space that weaves between shoegaze-tinged guitars and upbeat, jangly pop. While still loyal to Leslie’s signature ethereal, melodic guitars and haunting whispered vocal delivery, the fully realized arrangements demonstrate a stunning clarity throughout the album.</p><p>The perfect amalgamation between Bear’s ambient-textured loops met with the pristine production and pop stylings of Hendrix’s playing can be heard in album standout “Snow Globe.” The combined reversal effects, seamless transitions, and heartbeat percussion are the language of Means To Me.</p><p>What Bear has created with Means To Me is not only a mirror for herself, but also a means for the listener to reflect on what home means to them. Whether Bear has defined a home for herself is left to wonder, as she leaves us with these final lines before the album crescendos into an explosive distorted instrumental and slowly fades: “driving down through our state lines while you dream, I’m thinking of a name to go by.”</p>

<h3>Highnoon</h3><p><a href="https://linktr.ee/highnoonphl" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">WEBSITE</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/highnoonphl/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">FACEBOOK</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/highnoonphl/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">INSTAGRAM</a> |<a href="https://twitter.com/highnoonphl" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> TWITTER</a>  |  <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/36PNM8tcDAb2jMdMWZjbAY" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">SPOTIFY</a>  |  <a href="https://highnoon.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">BANDCAMP</a>  </p><p>Blooming from within the Philadelphia DIY scene, Highnoon began as the solo indie-rock project of songwriter, Kennedy Freeman. Drawing inspiration from dream pop and alternative rock, the band effortlessly conjures a soft summer dreamscape out of bitter cold internal winters. Freeman’s warm vocals guide us through hazy guitars, with self-reflective lyrics that are relatable and heartfelt.</p>

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