***Strange Passage is a band stuck twofold: locatively, being split between Boston and New York; and trajectorily, embracing the past while barreling toward the future.
The group formed among the shadows of Boston in the pale, early days of 2016 and has been delighting listeners and confounding expectations since. Immediate comparisons were made to Felt, the Feelies, and the Church. The band quietly hammered out an EP (Shine and Scatter) and LP (Shouldn’t Be Too Long) both released on Syncro System Records, and toured extensively throughout the United States, sharing the stage with contemporaries like Tony Molina, Dummy, En Attendant Ana, and Chain of Flowers along the way. Proof that artists could work in relative social media reclusion, eschewing the brain-numbing content churn of the billionaires' nightmare machine.
A Folded Sky on Meritorio Records is Strange Passage’s second album, which crystallizes the band’s sound and ethos. The album showcases the band’s signature sense of melody while incorporating influences like from the motorik beats of NEU!, the psychedelic sounds of Velvet Underground, and the political sensibilities of McCarthy and Zounds.
The band features Greg Witz on guitar, Ricky Hartman on drums, Andrew Jackmauh on bass, and Renato Montenegro on guitar and vocals. Stalwarts of the East Coast music scene, members have played in The Spatulas, Invisible Rays, Missionary Work, Bummed, Sap, Austerity, Magic Circle, and Cut the Shit, among many others.
Pressed on coke bottle green vinyl.
