BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Find Local//findlocal.community//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d015676f-fa17-44c5-98ec-afabeb1654da@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20261015T155829Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T200000 SUMMARY:Clay Street Unit DESCRIPTION:Valid photo ID required for entry. 6pm 8pm 18+ "Whenever we'r e onstage\, we're just trying to throw a party\," says Clay Street Unit' s Sam Walker. "Life's hard enough already. We want to remind people to l et loose\, love each other\, and enjoy themselves."Celebration. Catharsi s. Friendship. It's all part of Sin & Squalor\, Clay Street Unit's full- length debut. Recorded in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and inspi red by the sounds of the Appalachians\, it's a record that blurs the bor ders between genre and geography. The result is a singular interpretatio n of American roots music — a sound that mixes the acoustic instrumentat ion of bluegrass and folk with the amplified energy of Americana and cou ntry. Driven forward by drums\, sharp songwriting\, and the chemistry of six good friends and musical brothers who've shared countless hours on stage\, Sin & Squalor doesn't just nod to Clay Street Unit's wide spread of influences\; it reshapes them into something new.Everything began in Denver\, Colorado\, where Clay Street Unit formed in 2021. Many of the band's members — mandolinist Scottie Bolin\, banjo player Jack Cline\, p edal steel guitarist Brad Larrison\, drummer Brendan Lamb\, and singer/g uitarist/ringleader Sam Walker — had grown up elsewhere\, spending their teenage years in cities like Atlanta\, Charlottesville and Montgomery. Coming together in Colorado where they added bassist Jack Kotarba\, they mixed the southern soundtrack of their youths with the raw\, rugged spi rit of the West. After building an audience at local venues like Cervant es\, the guys hit the road\, where the very thing that once made their m usic so difficult to categorize — the sheer diversity of their sound — b ecame one of their calling cards."We played bluegrass events\, folk fest ivals\, and country venues\," Walker says of those early shows\, which t he bandmates often booked themselves. "We were able to share our music w ith so many different demographics and dip our toes into different pools \, and what we realized is\, it's all pretty similar. Our music seemed t o meet everyone in the middle."Between their cross-country tours\, Clay Street Unit found time to head back home to Denver\, where they recorded Sin & Squalor with producer (and co-founder of the Grammy-winning Infam ous Stringdusters) Chris Pandolfi. Harnessing the electricity of the ban d's live show felt like a natural goal\, but the guys pushed for somethi ng deeper too\, showcasing the songwriting chops that had evolved since the release of their introductory EP\, A Mighty Fine Evening\, in 2022. "We recorded A Mighty Fine Evening in three hours on a Wednesday night\, with a case of beer\," Walker remembers. "It was a great representation of who we were at the time\, but we wanted to capture something deeper and emotionally vulnerable with this album. Sin & Squalor grapples with some heavier concepts\, and we tried to do so in a relatable way."Heavie r concepts can't weigh down Clay Street Unit\, though. The guys are stil l throwing a party. With its call-and-response chorus and dazzling mando lin riffs\, "Where Have You Gone" is a roots-steeped anthem\, shot throu gh with fire-powered fretwork and heartland hooks. Similarly\, "Drive" b egins with an aching lament\, as the lyrics capture the racing thoughts of a traveler who misses the loved ones he's left behind\, only to slam into an energetic fifth gear during its final stretch. "That song is abo ut wanting to be with someone\," Walker explains\, "and the impulse you might have to just drop everything and drive to them. In the studio\, we thought\, 'Why not highlight that urgency by kicking into double time a t the end of the song?' We wanted to showcase the immediacy of the momen t."Sin & Squalor showcases more than the string-band stomp and eclectic enthusiasm of a must-see live act\, though. It also highlights Walker's ability to turn everyday stories into something cinematic. On "Let's Get Stoned\," he paints the picture of two lovers taking stock of life's si mple pleasures. The rent is high and their apartment is cold\, but they' ve still got each other\, as well as some weed and bottom-shelf whiskey. The song is a countrified celebration of the things that keep us aloft\ , and Walker sings it with a voice like broken-in leather\, supple one m inute and sturdy the next.Call it folk-country. Call it western American a. Call it Rocky Mountain Newgrass with southern soul. Clay Street Unit aren't concerned about the various definitions\; they're just happy that more and more people are listening. With Sin & Squalor\, they stake the ir claim as torchbearers of something both fresh and familiar\, nodding to the traditions of American roots music while sharpening their own mod ern edge.\n\nTickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/clay-street-unit-broo klyn-new-york-09-19-2026/event/000064C5D432CECB\n\nhttps://findlocal.com munity/event/d015676f-fa17-44c5-98ec-afabeb1654da LOCATION:Brooklyn Bowl\, Brooklyn\, NY URL:https://findlocal.community/event/d015676f-fa17-44c5-98ec-afabeb1654d a STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR