BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Find Local//findlocal.community//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:-0400 DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:-0500 DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:035931c5-8eda-4f7c-ae12-743718790e30@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20261012T002533Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261029T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261029T210000 SUMMARY:Houndmouth - Night 1 DESCRIPTION:Houndmouth - Night 1 with special guest Center Mid at The Vog ue in Indianapolis on Thursday\, October 29\, 2026! Houndmouth Listen | Watch For two years\, Matt Myers struggled to finish new songs. "I was a ll raw emotion\," says the Houndmouth frontman\, who'd spent the previou s decade blending rock & roll and American roots music into radio staple s like the chart-topping\, platinum-selling "Sedona." He'd written four albums in less than 10 years\, but inspiration just wasn't showing up an ymore. "I was feeling so much that I just couldn't write anything\," he adds. The end of one relationship. The beginning of another. The all-con suming feeling of new love. Myers' life had been eventful\, both onstage and off\, and all that living didn't leave him much time to create. Thi ngs changed when he paid a visit to Brad Cook\, the Grammy-winning produ cer who'd overseen Houndmouth's fourth record\, Good For You. What began as a reunion of two friends soon gave away to something bigger: the res tart of Myers' songwriting engines and\, in its wake\, the creation of L ordy. With its naked honesty and uncluttered arrangements\, Lordy takes a stripped-back approach to Houndmouth's ever-evolving sound. It's an al bum about surviving\, rebuilding\, accepting\, and thriving once more. M yers wrote most of the record's songs at home\, strumming his Martin gui tar while sunshine streamed through the kitchen windows. Years ago\, he might've composed the record at night\, tossing back a few drinks for en couragement. This was different. Clear-headed and wide awake\, Myers rec laimed his muse during the daytime hours\, starting with songs like "Tig er Blood" — a ragged folk-rocker that builds its way toward a screaming finish — and the album's gorgeously intimate title track. "I let unfilte red emotion inform the words\," he says. "With several songs\, I learned to be ok with just letting some syllables line up\, and letting the emo tion behind it all do the talking." This marked a change from the band's early days. Back then\, Myers and company agonized over the precise pla cement of every snare hit and vocal harmony on albums like Little Neon L imelight\, Houndmouth's commercial breakthrough. Steeped in the influenc e of 1970s roots-rock\, those early records were collaborative efforts t hat merged Myers' vision — as a songwriter\, vocalist\, and fiery lead g uitarist — with the input of his three bandmates. "I needed those albums to be collaborative projects because I was scared of being completely i n charge\," he admits. "Maybe that stunted me. This is the first time I' ve been able to write a record completely on my own\, and there's a pres sure that comes with that. I had to relearn everything." Recording sessi ons were scattered throughout the course of a year\, but Lordy still cam e together quickly. Myers would record a one-take performance of each so ng on his acoustic guitar\, then build it into something bigger with hel p from other musicians. He told himself not to get lost in the mechanics or the minutia. After all\, the goal wasn't be to perfect\; it was to c apture a moment\, allowing the thoughts that swirled inside Myers' head to find the quickest way into his music. Cook played an integral role in Lordy's creation — not just as a producer\, but as a close friend and c onfidante\, too. "When I visited him in North Carolina for the first tim e\, he walked out of his garage and gave me a big bear hug\," Myers said . "He told me he was happy for me\, and he gave me a lot of confidence w ith my new songs." Cook also reached out to others\, surrounding Myers w ith a small circle of musicians who\, like him\, blurred the lines betwe en modern-day indie music and the old-school roots of Americana. Iron & Wine's Sam Beam stopped by the studio during the creation of the album's final track\, "Holy Moses\," to offer advice and encouragement. MJ Lend erman paid a visit\, too\, adding his trademark guitar licks — loose\, l o-fi\, and full of life — to multiple tracks. Phil Cook (Megafaun\, Hiss Golden Messenger) played on several songs\, as did Caleb Hickman\, Houn dmouth's keyboardist. Hickman and his wife\, Kay Robertson\, also contri buted to the songwriting process\, and for Myers\, the musical input was uplifting. "I've spent years working with peers and contemporaries\," h e says\, "but this felt different. I was surrounded by people who were l iterally trying to pick me up and help me out. They pushed me to do the work." Between recording sessions\, he headed back to Louisville to rehe arse the songs with his bandmates in a warehouse basement. Something abo ut the basement's vibe — gritty\, frills-free\, and utterly unlike the r estored 19th century house that had served as the band's headquarters fo r years — seemed to suit the new music. Steadily\, the songs came togeth er. "Heavy Eyes" explored the intersection of fatigue and hope\, buildin g its way toward a cinematic finish. "Don't Wanna Talk About" bounced be tween scaled-back verses and singalong choruses. "Never Gonna Die" turne d simplicity into beauty\, with Myers singing about challenging relation ships over an uncluttered mix of hooks\, harmonies\, and groove. Lordy a sks its audience to lean in\, listen closely\, and engage\, kickstarting a new era for Houndmouth. From Golden Age's embrace of shimmering elect ronics to Good For You's return-to-form focus on American roots music\, this is a band that's spent years in evolution\, unafraid to examine new sounds and different perspectives. Lordy continues that exploration — a nd if it often sounds like the most intimate record in the band's catalo g\, it still packs an emotional punch that lingers long after the music fades.\n\nTickets: https://thevogue.com/events/houndmouth-10-29-2026-ind ianapolis\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/035931c5-8eda-4f7c-ae12-7 43718790e30 LOCATION:The Vogue\, Indianapolis\, IN URL:https://findlocal.community/event/035931c5-8eda-4f7c-ae12-743718790e3 0 STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR