Emerging Sounds is a series of live music showcases presented by The Rialto Theatre, The Summit FM, and The330.net designed to showcase new local musical acts and give them opportunities to build their audience and hone their stagecraft, while allowing local music lovers to discover their new favorite bands and musicial artists.
The November 17 Emerging Sounds Showcase features bored Approval and Dangerously Close.
Dangerously Close
Trauma can manifest itself in many ways. Before this band, attempting to take my life has been
my prefered method. Unfortunately, after many hospital stays, it did not work out for me. The
music you will hear is not self- destruction but it's dangerously close.
“Anything above the snare is a cymbal” - Joe Merlitti
bored Approval
The brainchild of Ohio-based singer-songwriter-guitarist Christian Lisik, bored Approval is at once pleasantly charming folk-rock and a lyrical sledgehammer of young-adult displacement, disillusionment, angst and dark humor. Playing off the only partly fictional persona of bored Approval - a disgruntled young professional grappling with themes of 21st Century love, loss and social discordance – bored Approval (Lisik, bassist/vocalist Tom Longworth, and drummer Joe Hahn) present lightning-in-a-bottle snapshots of these tomes; ephemeral moments of longing and sincerity that crash headlong into the unabashedly harsh and obscene.
Debut album, Pending/No Quorum:
bored Approval’s debut album, Pending/No Quorum was produced by the Dimmerer Twins and Don Dixon (REM, Smithereens, Counting Crows, Let’s Active, Tommy Keene) and was released Sept. 16, 2022 on Cherokee Queen Records. Callous yet ethereal, equal parts Highway 61-era Dylan and early 80s Cure, with shades of Courtney Barnett and the Growlers’ nascent beach-goth, the 13 song album features the band’s first singles, “Shoulders” and “Keep Me In Mind.”
Socials:
Private link to Pending/No Quorum: https://soundcloud.com/bored-approval?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boredApproval/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5svf3hMUrNKCWcpFmBFC2j
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCabfPgFi3rGrAEg9v8YELtg