Luke Sweeney will be joining us in the shop on Saturday, March 29th
Emerging from the 2010s San Francisco garage scene as an oddball visionary and outsider pop wunderkind, Luke Sweeney has been enthralling audiences with eclectic soundscapes ranging from finger-picked freak-folk to “riveting psychedelia, bubblegum, glam, and mellow Seventies balladry” (Austin Chronicle).
His journey from trouble-making troubadour to profound storyteller is marked by four
critically acclaimed albums and an EP of compositions that lean on “humor and
irreverence—both calling cards of Sweeney's songwriting” (Portland Mercury).
The self-dubbed ‘Calm Poseur’ seamlessly traverses genres with “a power pop punch to
gain the envy of Alex Chilton, Eric Carmen, Emitt Rhodes and everyone in-between andthereafter” (Week in Pop). However, the loss of his infant daughter in 2018 pulled him into an artistic process unlike any he had undertaken before: channeling his grief into Garageband demos on his iPhone as his family traveled through India. Refined in a San Francisco studio with Joe Santarpia (Mac DeMarco) and Roberto Pagano (tonsstartsbandht), the resulting 2022 album RISHI is “a mesmerizing blend of future jazz and George Harrison’s Indian influences, celebrating the healing power of music” (SF Chronicle).
Luke will share some music from his upcoming fifth LP and will also have his back catalog vinyl LPs on hand on Saturday, March 29th. Time is currently "TBA." ;)
How to attend: Please call us during shop hours on Saturday March 22nd, or Sunday March 23rd if you would like to attend this intimate gathering. The store's phone number is 775-297-3172. If you call outside of business hours, please leave a voice message with your name and phone number. Alternately, please feel free to send us a message via this site to RSVP. We'll contact you to confirm. Join us and give him a warm welcome!