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The Key Kids and Birdhands


  • Palmer's Bar 500 Cedar Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55454 United States (map)

Come party late night with super fun bands The Key Kids and Birdhands!

About this event

"Say friend, you ever heard The Key Kids? It’s a little songwriter rock duo. They have that timeless radio songwriter-pop thing, the guitars of early art rock, & that classic country harmonization. I like a band that means it, the whole darn thing. I know they do."

BirdHands is the fresh from the loins of bassist Allen Epley (Shiner, The Life And Times) and Drummist Ian Prince (Porcupine, Story of the Sea) and is the result of 2 years of sending files band and forth to make a record in which there were no creative conversations about direction; Allen would create his lines and send them off to Ian and whatever Ian was feeling at the time was put down and sent back. And so it was.

Upon completion of tracking, Allen enlisted his old buddy J Robbins (Jawbox, Burning Airlines) to mix this hot monster at The Magpie Cage in Baltimore. Through a series of magical loops and pedals, Allen is able to layer these parts into savvy arrangements in the live context with these rump shaking beats to create a hypnotic and some have said erotic effect. The repetition in the music is key to opening the mind and lathering up the crowd.

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