THEMES

THEMES TO PERFORM COMMUNION IN THE REDWOODS

 

COMMUNION IN ASSOCIATION WITH (((folkYEAH!))) ANNOUNCE:

COMMUNION IN THE REDWOODS

COMMUNION TO LAUNCH IN THE U.S. WITH DEBUT LIVE EVENTS

Communion, the U.K.’s most revered live music promotions team, are pleased to announce further details of their greatly anticipated move into the U.S, with Communion In The Redwoods, a 3-day gathering taking place October 21-23 in Big Sur, CA in association with (((folkYEAH!))) Presents.
(((folkYEAH!))) Presents in Big Sur has been the host to some incredible shows recently including Arcade Fire, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Gillian Welch, MGMT, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood and Fleet Foxes among others. Continuing in the spirit of Communion by presenting distinctive performances in unique settings, Communion In The Redwoods will take place at Fernwood in the majestic Redwoods of Big Sur, California. Tickets go on sale at 10:00 am PST today.

Reservations for cabins and campsites can be made directly at: www.fernwoodbigsur.com

Communion In The Redwoods will be the first multi-day, multi-act, multi-stage presentation in the U.S. from the UK collective known as Communion. The gathering takes place at the beautiful Fernwood Resort from October 21-23 and will offer emerging, developing and established artists a creative platform to perform in an enchanting environment that embraces collaboration and mutual support.

The event will feature performances from:

Jackie Greene

The Secret Sisters

John Vanderslice

Forrest Day

Matthew and the Atlas

The David Mayfield Parade

Lauren Shera

THEMES

Nathaniel Rateliff

Everest

Infantree

Plus a special Communion collaborative set to end the event on Sunday.
Other artist to be announced.

Tickets are on sale now: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2281969432.

In addition to the previously announced Communion Tour from October 18 in Los Angeles through November 12 in Boston, and the monthly Communion shows taking place at Café DuNord in San Francisco,

Futher Information will to be presented by  (((folkyeah!)))

http://www.folkyeah.com/

Tickets for Communion in the Redwoods in Big Sur, CA can be purchased through http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2281969432/pr

Reservations for cabins and campsites at Fernwood can be made by calling (831) 667-2422 or

www.fernwoodbigsur.com

Communion will be announcing further U.S. events very shortly.
www.communionmusic.co.uk

PORTLAND, OR SHOW ADDED 10-16-2011

HEY EVERYONE!

if you live in portland, we’ve added a show w/ MOONFACE. ( that project from brilliant SPENCER KRUG of SUNSET RUBDOWN, AND WOLF PARADE)

SUNDAY 10-16-2011 @ THE DOUG FIR LOUNGE

Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm | $11 advance, $13 day of show | 21+

DOUG FIR LOUNGE

GET YOU SOME TICKETS

 

 

10-09-11 INTO THE LARCHES OF AUTUMN

it’s autumn once again. this grey. this morning. pushing forward into a new musical ocean. swaying back and forth as a unmanned ship adrift.

we had a wonderful summer and i can still remember the feeling of sunburn. the smell of camp fire. the feeling of the waves lapping at our legs. the sound of the warm breeze through the lush dense green blanket that surrounds us.
out into the the center of nowhere, for the sake of the vast expanse that is our playground and our cathedral.

we focus our eyes now, on the things ahead, on wet streets lined with signs, the reflection of light off piano keys. we can see the rattle of brass. we can see the vibrations of strings. there’s a terrible ringing in my head always and there’s a bell ringing off in the distance. i’m not sure everything is going to be alright, because the world is a terrifying place and we hold fast to the craft that we exhale. it’s our armor protecting us against the barrage of terrible things we’re capable of. it is our weapon, cutting through the foggy indifference of human nature as blade so sharp it scars the air. we know there is good in the world. we know there is justice. we can help and we want to at least try, but it’s not easy to convince a storm of anything at all, much less the people underneath it. we can only work together to make sense of the dead languages that used to drive our kind to a common understanding. we’re all moving forever forward down our paths to meet our ends having been good to one another and having made one another truly believe it’s not hopeless to survive.

THEMES DAYTROTTER SESSION 8-28

 

On Wednesday April 27th 2011 THEMES drove through the flooded  towns and fields of Iowa to Rock Island ,IL where we recorded a session at the Daytrotter Studios. I remember the devastation of the floods so vividly that it may be with me forever. Mother Nature’s ability to destroy the creations of man remains a warning.  This Daytrotter Session is a reminder of that.

THEMES DAYTROTTER SESSION AVAILABLE HERE:

CHESTS AND HEADS FULL OF SMOKE

The good and the bad relationships, the ones that end in ugly fights and breakups and the ones that end in marriage (happy or otherwise) have their points of skepticism, those iffy gray lands where everything’s out on the table and you’ve got to make a move to one side or the other. Right there, in those moments there’s a period of consideration, a think for the Great Think. It’s a rattling around of options, the choices weighed and the decision to take a plunge or to just start swinging and kicking, turning tail and running as fast as you can to get to somewhere else immediately. It hardly matters how much it will hurt, who will get hurt, etc., for what’s best for you is what’s best for you and it always will be. It’s consistently the driving force. Themes’ new record, “The Phantom,” features a house on-fire on its cover, with a front yard dotted with grazing buffalo. The music that Jacy McIntosh and Kelsey Crawford put on it seems to be the work of poisoned air, of stale air that’s getting sucked deeply into the lungs by everyone living in it. It’s like waking up and finding oneself surrounded by a smoky, burning house and not panicking for there’s been a recognition that this moment was possible and has been possible for some time. As a matter of fact, now that they think about it, that smoke was there when they went to bed. It’s been in the room for the last week, the last month or the last year. They’ve said goodnight to it right after they brushed their teeth and right before they tucked the kids in for the final time every night for so long now that it feels so much like the normal that they’ve always known. But that poisoned air is bad, that smoke is bad. It will, eventually, take over and kill them. McIntosh and Crawford write into their music this feeling of finally getting to a point where something has to be done. All of the red-cheeked thrashing and pounding has been replaced with more of a glassy tone, where everyone knows that this can’t go on much longer. It’s walking down a solitary path, needing to finally make it right inside. There are dry mouths and flickering hearts, thumping and shorting out like a light fixture with a catch in its throat. We’re in the middle of our own opera, and no one’s speaking, just watching and trying to figure it all out, waiting for the move, whatever it’s going to be.

Words by Sean Moeller
Illustration by Johnnie Cluney
Recording engineered by Mike Gentry

06-18-2011 “THE PHANTOM” @ THE KNITTING FACTORY, SPOKANE, WA

THEMES “THE PHANTOM” LIVE @ THE KNITTING FACTORY, SPOKANE, WA

this show was part of a short run we did with deep homies, Minus The Bear, and Empty Space Orchestra. so much fun.

SUMMER PERFORMANCES

HOWDY ALL!
THEMES has been busy on the road in support of THE PHANTOM, and there’s a SUMMER PERFORMANCES coming up before we head back into the studio.
don’t miss em.

6-15-11 PORTLAND, OR @ MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS w/ Southerly and Deathsongs

6-17-11 PORTLAND, OR @ WONDER BALLROOM w/ MINUS THE BEAR and Empty Space Orchestra

6-18-11 SPOKANE, WA @ THE KNITTING FACTORY w/ MINUS THE BEAR and Empty Space Orchestra

8-7-11 PORTLAND, OR @ DOUG FIR LOUNGE ( Patio Series )

 

THEMES LIVE ON RADIO K MINNEAPOLIS, MN. 5/1/11

WE RECENTLY DID A LIVE IN STUDIO W/ RADIO K IN MINNEAPOLIS, MN

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