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:a7fd77ff-beaf-48f0-a853-21f8468b767f@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20261011T234029Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261030T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261030T210000 SUMMARY:Houndmouth - Night 2 DESCRIPTION:Houndmouth - Night 2 with special guest Center Mid at The Vog ue in Indianapolis on Friday\, October 30\, 2026! Houndmouth Listen | Wa tch For two years\, Matt Myers struggled to finish new songs. "I was all raw emotion\," says the Houndmouth frontman\, who'd spent the previous decade blending rock & roll and American roots music into radio staples like the chart-topping\, platinum-selling "Sedona." He'd written four al bums in less than 10 years\, but inspiration just wasn't showing up anym ore. "I was feeling so much that I just couldn't write anything\," he ad ds. The end of one relationship. The beginning of another. The all-consu ming feeling of new love. Myers' life had been eventful\, both onstage a nd off\, and all that living didn't leave him much time to create. Thing s changed when he paid a visit to Brad Cook\, the Grammy-winning produce r who'd overseen Houndmouth's fourth record\, Good For You. What began a s a reunion of two friends soon gave away to something bigger: the resta rt of Myers' songwriting engines and\, in its wake\, the creation of Lor dy. With its naked honesty and uncluttered arrangements\, Lordy takes a stripped-back approach to Houndmouth's ever-evolving sound. It's an albu m about surviving\, rebuilding\, accepting\, and thriving once more. Mye rs wrote most of the record's songs at home\, strumming his Martin guita r while sunshine streamed through the kitchen windows. Years ago\, he mi ght've composed the record at night\, tossing back a few drinks for enco uragement. This was different. Clear-headed and wide awake\, Myers recla imed his muse during the daytime hours\, starting with songs like "Tiger Blood" — a ragged folk-rocker that builds its way toward a screaming fi nish — and the album's gorgeously intimate title track. "I let unfiltere d emotion inform the words\," he says. "With several songs\, I learned t o be ok with just letting some syllables line up\, and letting the emoti on behind it all do the talking." This marked a change from the band's e arly days. Back then\, Myers and company agonized over the precise place ment of every snare hit and vocal harmony on albums like Little Neon Lim elight\, Houndmouth's commercial breakthrough. Steeped in the influence of 1970s roots-rock\, those early records were collaborative efforts tha t merged Myers' vision — as a songwriter\, vocalist\, and fiery lead gui tarist — with the input of his three bandmates. "I needed those albums t o be collaborative projects because I was scared of being completely in 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 pressu re that comes with that. I had to relearn everything." Recording session s were scattered throughout the course of a year\, but Lordy still came together quickly. Myers would record a one-take performance of each song on his acoustic guitar\, then build it into something bigger with help from other musicians. He told himself not to get lost in the mechanics o r the minutia. After all\, the goal wasn't be to perfect\; it was to cap ture a moment\, allowing the thoughts that swirled inside Myers' head to find the quickest way into his music. Cook played an integral role in L ordy's creation — not just as a producer\, but as a close friend and con fidante\, too. "When I visited him in North Carolina for the first 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 confidence wit h my new songs." Cook also reached out to others\, surrounding Myers wit h a small circle of musicians who\, like him\, blurred the lines between modern-day indie music and the old-school roots of Americana. Iron & Wi ne's Sam Beam stopped by the studio during the creation of the album's f inal track\, "Holy Moses\," to offer advice and encouragement. MJ Lender man paid a visit\, too\, adding his trademark guitar licks — loose\, lo- fi\, and full of life — to multiple tracks. Phil Cook (Megafaun\, Hiss G olden Messenger) played on several songs\, as did Caleb Hickman\, Houndm outh's keyboardist. Hickman and his wife\, Kay Robertson\, also contribu ted to the songwriting process\, and for Myers\, the musical input was u plifting. "I've spent years working with peers and contemporaries\," he says\, "but this felt different. I was surrounded by people who were lit erally trying to pick me up and help me out. They pushed me to do the wo rk." Between recording sessions\, he headed back to Louisville to rehear se the songs with his bandmates in a warehouse basement. Something about the basement's vibe — gritty\, frills-free\, and utterly unlike the res tored 19th century house that had served as the band's headquarters for years — seemed to suit the new music. Steadily\, the songs came together . "Heavy Eyes" explored the intersection of fatigue and hope\, building its way toward a cinematic finish. "Don't Wanna Talk About" bounced betw een scaled-back verses and singalong choruses. "Never Gonna Die" turned simplicity into beauty\, with Myers singing about challenging relationsh ips over an uncluttered mix of hooks\, harmonies\, and groove. Lordy ask s its audience to lean in\, listen closely\, and engage\, kickstarting a new era for Houndmouth. From Golden Age's embrace of shimmering electro nics to Good For You's return-to-form focus on American roots music\, th is is a band that's spent years in evolution\, unafraid to examine new s ounds and different perspectives. Lordy continues that exploration — and if it often sounds like the most intimate record in the band's catalog\ , it still packs an emotional punch that lingers long after the music fa des.\n\nTickets: https://thevogue.com/events/houndmouth-10-30-2026-india napolis\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/a7fd77ff-beaf-48f0-a853-21f 8468b767f LOCATION:The Vogue\, Indianapolis\, IN URL:https://findlocal.community/event/a7fd77ff-beaf-48f0-a853-21f8468b767 f STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR