Join us on Saturday June 10th for the return of local favorites, the Sweet Clementines! Opening for the Sweet Clementines is experimental folk music duo, Two Dark Birds.
About The Sweet Clementines
The eccentric stumble-pop quintet, the Sweet Clementines, is led by songwriter/guitarist and music critic John Burdick. Somewhere between chamber music and a chaotic take on classic guitar pop, the Sweet Clementines approach the rock arts with vibraphones, violins, sophisticated vocal counterpoint and electronic accents, all in support of a huge body of unique and elegant songs.
The New Paltz-based band features Burdick on guitar, vocals, and songs; bassist and recording specialist Jason Sarubbi; drummer Matt Senzatimore; vocalist/violinist Marianne Tasick; and vibraphonist/keyboardist Paul Carroll. The Sweet Clementines have performed several times on the indoor and outdoor stages at Unison.
Four years after though it were the kiss of death raised the band’s profile in upstate New York, earning critical raves and extensive airplay on independent radio and prestige bookings throughout the region, the Sweet Clementines released the more mean-spirited and rocking Lake Victoria in 2016, prompting Chronogram to remark, “that the Sweet Clementines are still not signed to a national record label is just criminal.”
In recent years the band has released a one-off single about former Yankees center fielder Bobby Murcer and From the Aether, a Bandcamp-only compilation of early songs and experiments. The Sweet Clementines are currently working on their third full-length. They will be debuting a variety of new material at Unison this spring.
About Two Dark Birds
Two Dark Birds is a band from the Catskill Mountains led by songwriter Steve Koester and drummer Jason Mills. Since 2008, they have released four critically acclaimed albums, as well as the 2022 EP Porous.
Prior to Two Dark Birds, Steve Koester fronted the bands Punchdrunk, Koester, and Maplewood, who altogether have released twelve albums. The music has been called "knockout gorgeous" and "timeless... great rock music" and has received glowing reviews everywhere from Fader and Nylon to The Village Voice and The New York Times, showing up on year-end Best Of lists in Magnet, Popmatters, Rhapsody, Disclaimer and more. Koester has also written, recorded and produced a wide variety of songs for TV and film.
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