Mustang Island, the third album from Austin-based band Little Mazarn, is a gentle force. Waves of grief crest like surf on the Texas coast. Wild horses break through long-shuttered gates, only
to come back around. Lead songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Lindsey Verrill (she/her) joins bandmates Jeff Johnston (he/him) and Carolina Chauffe (they/them). The core
members cast out seventeen years apart in both directions, placing the project at the cusp of multiple generations.
Advance Base is the melancholic soft rock recording project of Chicago, IL singer/songwriter Owen Ashworth (formerly of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone). Using a two-handed arsenal of electric piano,
Omnichord, samplers, effect pedals & drum machines, Ashworth builds minimalist, heavy-hearted, & nostalgia-obsessed ballads around his conversational baritone. The warm, electronic sound of Advance Base has been described as “lo-fi,” “depressed” & “weirdly uplifting.”
“A big, tall, kind of lumbering guy, when he gets on stage you know “that’s Al”. He is from Chicago and looks like a composite sketch of all my favorite Midwestern drinking buddies” -NPR All Songs Considered
Chicago songwriter and banjo player Al Scorch plays his heartfelt and poetically political songs with an abiding warmth and humour. He is also known for his work with science and comedy YouTube channel Crime Pays but Botany Doesn’t. as well as for producing his own viral comedy videos including his popular “Chicago Park District Bathroom Architecture Review” series on his Instagram. He is one of 5 children.
