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SUMMARY:Aaron Lee Tasjan
DESCRIPTION:Aaron Lee Tasjan was experiencing the worst bout of imposter 
 syndrome of his career when he sat down and wrote Todd Snider a vulnerab
 le email asking for advice. Tasjan\, despite writing and recording some 
 of the most astute Americana rock songs of the last decade and being nom
 inated for a Grammy\, just didn’t see a future for an independent singer
 \, songwriter\, and guitarist like himself. Snider read Tasjan’s email a
 nd immediately replied: “I think I have some ideas. I’ll write you back 
 tomorrow.” The next morning\, Tasjan awoke to a signature Todd Snider mi
 ssive for how to move forward as an artist. It was a novel-length email 
 that read like the battle plans for the Invasion of Normandy. Do this\, 
 Snider wrote. Then this. But never that. The specifics don’t matter—besi
 des\, that’d be giving away the secret—but Tasjan devoured his mentor’s 
 words and took them to heart. He began writing feverishly\, unbothered b
 y expectations and immune to any pressure to match his acclaimed albums 
 like *In the Blazes*\, *Karma for Cheap*\, or his most recent\, 2024’s *
 Stellar Evolution*. When he was through\, Tasjan had *Get Over It\, Unde
 rdog*\, his most inspiring LP to date. Produced by Tasjan and his longti
 me sound engineer Mark Miller\, the album is a celebration of the power 
 of songwriting\, the unbreakable bond of friendship\, and the determinat
 ion of the dark horse. “I went to the ultimate oasis for a singer\, song
 writer\, and troubadour: Todd Snider. And he said\, in very Todd fashion
 \, ‘You can find your path forward by going backwards\,’” Tasjan says wi
 th a laugh. “But he was right. I set aside my ego\, played shows solo wi
 thout my band\, and wrote a lot of songs. In that process\, I found my c
 onfidence again.” Tragically\, however\, he lost his mentor. Snider died
  shortly after *Get Over It\, Underdog* was finished\, leaving a void in
  the folk-rock scene that will prove nearly impossible to fill. But Tasj
 an is committed to carrying on Snider’s unbridled spirit and lifting up 
 underdogs everywhere. Over 11 tracks\, Tasjan’s new album kills sacred c
 ows and pokes holes in the dam\, while leaning hard into the idea of per
 severance. In the talking-blues of “Science Friction\,” he tells an abri
 dged origin story of civilization that culminates with humankind editing
  itself out of its own picture. “Man made machines/putting man out of bu
 siness\,” he sings with a knowing wink. “Lost & Alone\,” meanwhile\, fin
 ds him feeling like a “stranger in this town.” It’s a compact blast of i
 ndie-rock with a sing-along chorus that underscores Tasjan’s gift for wr
 iting infectious hooks. In “Twilight Zone Blues\,” a shot of gritty T. R
 ex glam-rock\, Tasjan wonders why we’re compelled to press the mysteriou
 s button just to find out what happens. “In society today\, all this bad
  shit can become tempting\, especially as the situation feels more and m
 ore dangerous as time goes on\,” he says. “‘Twilight Zone Blues’ builds 
 to that tension of\, ‘What happens if I just give in to this or succumb 
 to that?’” Website · Facebook · TikTok · Youtube · Spotify\n\nTickets: h
 ttps://www.etix.com/ticket/p/79604526/aaron-lee-tasjanwith-madeleine-kel
 son-carrboro-cats-cradle-back-room?partner_id=100\n\nhttps://findlocal.c
 ommunity/event/beabed27-bb42-41c3-a1ce-ebeab3c746bc
LOCATION:Cat's Cradle\, 300 East Main Street\, Carrboro\, NC 27510
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/beabed27-bb42-41c3-a1ce-ebeab3c746b
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