+ The Music Tapes (Julian Koster)
++October 17th
+++The Bug Jar
$10|12
Doors at 9pm

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We couldn’t be more excited to be presenting this one of a kind show. Julian Koster of Neutral Milk Hotel will be bringing his gang of fellow musicians, a 7 foot metronome and some other pretty impressive instruments, the likes of which you may never see again. The band will be performing songs from their album, Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes. They’ll also be sharing “Major Organ and the Adding Machine”, their short film which has been over a decade in the making, and stars Jeff Mangum and Kevin Barnes from Of Montreal. Koster describes The Music Tapes as a “big orchestra variety show” and although Jeff Mangum is not scheduled to come along for the fun…. you never know.

The new album spotlights Julian Koster’s songcraft and distinctive vocals, his almost religious devotion to the singing saw, and numerous contributions from other musicians in the Elephant 6 orbit. As on previous efforts, recording was done using an array of antique hardware, giving Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes a timeless, texturally rich sonic palette. It is the sound of Julian’s world poking through the curtain surrounding objective reality. In his words, “I just find the imaginary more real than the physical. Magic, the way we find things beautiful, the light behind eyes, kindness, and how we want to serve and protect the things we care about, these things seem like the real foundation of the world to me. I hope that the songs on this record can be more that just postcards from a world, but an invitation to it, to anyone at all who may find such a place comforting and nice.”

Unless you’re already a Music Tapes fan, chances are you haven’t experienced anything quite as exquisitely raw, effortlessly transportive, and charmingly distinct in a long time.- Tiny Mix Tapes

This will be a full evening’s worth of music and entertainment, and we know it’s gonna be brilliant.