by: Hohenwald Burger King intern

Wow, hi, what a night to be alive. This show had everything – 500 linear feet of red carpet, dogs on the grill, 3 wildly different bands on the same bill, and the Holy Spirit in at least one person’s heart, statistically. Hometown heroes Megan and Corn aka To-Go Records put the tape release together with best in the biz Soft Junk, so it was pretty well-accepted that this was going to be a very fun warm n’ breezy time. 

Grace Hall and Collin Thompson’s new project Pressure Heaven kicked things off and bagged it up, going full heavy metallic slowcore with reckless technical yearning in the holster. The recordings are cool but the live show nails the point. Sam Hoffman was next, who has cemented himself as one of Nashville’s foremost powerpopprinces, alongside a couple of his regular bandmates. Highest concentration of slowburn buildups in the whole damn city. And finally, Slush brought the daze-filtered body-outside-body indie with tight drums woven into crazy rare popstar-mic piping vocals and chorus-pedal glimmer. Slush is a strong reminder of why IN and TN have such a close musical connection, and that connection would be best to be nourished for the betterment of all humankind. Gizmos and Garth Brooks collab forthcoming, heard it here first.