Behind the scenes and onstage at the Showbox in Dec (opening for minus the bear!) with @constantlovers and some insider looks at what we’re cookin’ up at practice… new album, anyone? 🤭
Headlining the Jupiter stage is the always amazing local dream team CONSTANT LOVERS!!! A Loud, fun, sometimes heavy, other times chaotic, brash and unfettered rock band.
Constant Lovers is a coterie of Seattle musicians from a mixed musical background, their collision of styles makes perfect sense. Drummer Ben Verellen plays guitar and sings in celebrated crunchers Helms Alee (Sargent House), guitarist Eric Fisher played with Sub Pop songwriter Damien Jurado, guitarist/vocalist Joel Cuplin played in Murder City Devils offshoot Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive and bassist/vocalist Gavin Tull-Esterbrook in murder balladeers Suffering and The Hideous Thieves. The whole band has generally vacillated across the board of musical convention over the years.
Hearkening to the late-60s/early-70s boundary-pushing of proto-punk, Constant Lovers have added saxophone and the use of improvisation in both recording and their live shows. Some tunes are as taut and wiry as Television, others are heavy as modern doom metal, most of them are just loud and fun and less than serious — aside from delivering the goods to the good people. Of course, more modern comparisons are equally fitting, like early aughts chameleons The Blood Brothers, rock iconoclasts Cloud Nothings, and a more playful amalgam of the band members’ other outfits.
They will be closing the street down with a very special set not to be missed and it’s all FREEEEEE ! Hope to see y’all there :)
#belltownblast #belltownseattle #constantlovers
Happy birthday to the mighty @benverellen !!
This genius launched a new company today, @verellendevices . All you guitar nerds should check it out! He has created a tube alternative for your amp 😳
“Octal is a modern alternative to the traditional power vacuum tube — built to give your amp more headroom, a stronger & cleaner tone, and long-term reliability and availability you can count on.”
