event Red Pens
Also Playing: Sharp Teeth and Teenage Moods
-
Fri Nov 13
10 pm
Red Pens, Sharp Teeth, and Teenage Moods at 331 Club
Twin Cities duo Red Pens' debut record, Reasons, is a labor of love in more than one sense of the word. For one thing, guitarist-vocalist Howard W. Hamilton III and drummer Laura F. Bennett are a couple outside of band practice as well. But Reasons' driving, insistent take on shoegaze-heavy indie rock is also a testament to the band's determined passion for working on something until it just feels right. Hamilton's skill at DIY production served him well in previous bands like his early-'00s one-man electronica project Busy Signals, and he's brought it to bear again on Reasons, which he recorded, engineered, and mixed himself.
331 Club 331 N.E. 13th Ave., Twin Cities, MN
Twin Cities duo Red Pens' debut record, Reasons, is a labor of love in more than one sense of the word. For one thing, guitarist-vocalist Howard W. Hamilton III and drummer Laura F. Bennett are a couple outside of band practice as well. But Reasons' driving, insistent take on shoegaze-heavy indie rock is also a testament to the band's determined passion for working on something until it just feels right. Hamilton's skill at DIY production served him well in previous bands like his early-'00s one-man electronica project Busy Signals, and he's brought it to bear again on Reasons, which he recorded, engineered, and mixed himself.
Updated 04/13/2011
