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:37fdd246-46df-4038-af1a-058bb166ebcd@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20261012T010810Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261029T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261029T210000 SUMMARY:Houndmouth - Night 1 DESCRIPTION:For two years\, Matt Myers struggled to finish new songs. "I was all raw emotion\," says the Houndmouth frontman\, who'd spent the pr evious decade blending rock & roll and American roots music into radio s taples like the chart-topping\, platinum-selling "Sedona." He'd written four albums in less than 10 years\, but inspiration just wasn't showing up anymore. "I was feeling so much that I just couldn't write anything\, " he adds. The end of one relationship. The beginning of another. The al l-consuming feeling of new love. Myers' life had been eventful\, both on stage and off\, and all that living didn't leave him much time to create . Things changed when he paid a visit to Brad Cook\, the Grammy-winning producer who'd overseen Houndmouth's fourth record\, Good For You. What began as a reunion of two friends soon gave away to something bigger: th e restart of Myers' songwriting engines and\, in its wake\, the creation of Lordy. With its naked honesty and uncluttered arrangements\, Lordy t akes a stripped-back approach to Houndmouth's ever-evolving sound. It's an album about surviving\, rebuilding\, accepting\, and thriving once mo re. Myers wrote most of the record's songs at home\, strumming his Marti n guitar while sunshine streamed through the kitchen windows. Years ago\ , he might've composed the record at night\, tossing back a few drinks f or encouragement. This was different. Clear-headed and wide awake\, Myer s reclaimed his muse during the daytime hours\, starting with songs like "Tiger Blood" — a ragged folk-rocker that builds its way toward a screa ming finish — and the album's gorgeously intimate title track. "I let un filtered emotion inform the words\," he says. "With several songs\, I le arned to be ok with just letting some syllables line up\, and letting th e emotion behind it all do the talking." This marked a change from the b and's early days. Back then\, Myers and company agonized over the precis e placement of every snare hit and vocal harmony on albums like Little N eon Limelight\, Houndmouth's commercial breakthrough. Steeped in the inf luence of 1970s roots-rock\, those early records were collaborative effo rts that merged Myers' vision — as a songwriter\, vocalist\, and fiery l ead guitarist — with the input of his three bandmates. "I needed those a lbums to be collaborative projects because I was scared of being complet ely in charge\," he admits. "Maybe that stunted me. This is the first ti me I've been able to write a record completely on my own\, and there's a pressure that comes with that. I had to relearn everything." Recording sessions were scattered throughout the course of a year\, but Lordy stil l came together quickly. Myers would record a one-take performance of ea ch song on his acoustic guitar\, then build it into something bigger wit h help from other musicians. He told himself not to get lost in the mech anics or the minutia. After all\, the goal wasn't be to perfect\; it was to capture a moment\, allowing the thoughts that swirled inside Myers' head to find the quickest way into his music. Cook played an integral ro le in Lordy's creation — not just as a producer\, but as a close friend and confidante\, too. "When I visited him in North Carolina for the firs t time\, 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 confide nce with my new songs." Cook also reached out to others\, surrounding My ers with a small circle of musicians who\, like him\, blurred the lines between modern-day indie music and the old-school roots of Americana. Ir on & Wine's Sam Beam stopped by the studio during the creation of the al bum's final track\, "Holy Moses\," to offer advice and encouragement. MJ Lenderman paid a visit\, too\, adding his trademark guitar licks — loos e\, lo-fi\, and full of life — to multiple tracks. Phil Cook (Megafaun\, Hiss Golden Messenger) played on several songs\, as did Caleb Hickman\, Houndmouth's keyboardist. Hickman and his wife\, Kay Robertson\, also c ontributed to the songwriting process\, and for Myers\, the musical inpu t was uplifting. "I've spent years working with peers and contemporaries \," he says\, "but this felt different. I was surrounded by people who w ere literally 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 rehearse the songs with his bandmates in a warehouse basement. Somethin g about the basement's vibe — gritty\, frills-free\, and utterly unlike the restored 19th century house that had served as the band's headquarte rs for years — seemed to suit the new music. Steadily\, the songs came t ogether. "Heavy Eyes" explored the intersection of fatigue and hope\, bu ilding its way toward a cinematic finish. "Don't Wanna Talk About" bounc ed between scaled-back verses and singalong choruses. "Never Gonna Die" turned simplicity into beauty\, with Myers singing about challenging rel ationships over an uncluttered mix of hooks\, harmonies\, and groove. Lo rdy asks its audience to lean in\, listen closely\, and engage\, kicksta rting a new era for Houndmouth. From Golden Age's embrace of shimmering electronics to Good For You's return-to-form focus on American roots mus ic\, this is a band that's spent years in evolution\, unafraid to examin e new sounds and different perspectives. Lordy continues that exploratio n — and if it often sounds like the most intimate record in the band's c atalog\, it still packs an emotional punch that lingers long after the m usic fades.\n\nTickets: https://thevogue.com/events/houndmouth-10-29-202 6-indianapolis\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/37fdd246-46df-4038-a f1a-058bb166ebcd LOCATION:Vogue Theatre - IN\, 6259 North College Ave.\, Indianapolis\, IN 46220 URL:https://findlocal.community/event/37fdd246-46df-4038-af1a-058bb166ebc d STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR