Doors: 7:00 PM
Show: 7:30 PM
Orchid Mantis
For over ten years now, Atlanta-based artist Thomas Howard has specialized in capturing nostalgia in all its biting and varied forms. His solo recording project Orchid Mantis explores the blurred boundary between ambient song structures and pop songwriting, employing unusual/lo-fi recording methods and weird, obscured samples. Howard first gained a following through a string of bedroom-pop albums released via Z Tapes in the mid-2010s. Over the course of his vast and varied discography, he’s never settled on one genre. Across his ambient works and his more indie pop-indebted releases, he focuses consistently on the beauty of dreamlike states, half-forgotten memories, and the bittersweet warble of tape decay.
Lena Fine
Lena Fine is an indie rock/folk musician based in Philadelphia, PA. Born and raised in northern New Jersey, Lena began writing music at age 14, taking nods and inspiration from the likes of Soccer Mommy, Pinegrove, and Liz Phair. Moving to Philadelphia when she was 19, she’s spent the past four years sowing seeds and growing roots in the Philly DIY scene. Playing in basements all over the city and graduating to bigger venues like World Cafe Live, The Foundry, and Milkboy, Lena has made the city her stage and grown a close community of collaborators and fans. So far, Lena has had the privilege of opening up for Kate Yeager, Grace Gardner, and Frances Forever on their respective tours.
