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Brown Recluse Breakup & Announce Final Release

 

This is a bummer to hear. Slumberland Records’ Brown Recluse has decided to call it quits. The genteel indie pop outfit released a statement (part of which is below) this past weekend via the band’s Facebook profile before Tim Meskers’ performance opening for Gruff Rhys at PhilaMOCA. The band still plans to release a final collection of unreleased material, alternative mixes and demos towards the end of the year. Thanks to The Key for bringing it to our attention.
 
Brown Recluse has formally dissolved its collective efforts in performance and production. Work is in progress on a collection of unreleased tracks, alternate mixes, and demonstration recordings titled "Odd Ends," which should be available by the end of the year.

We offer our most sincere thanks to all our colleagues, Slumberland Records, Dead Format, and our fans and friends for their endless support. You helped make it beautiful.
 

FREE FOR ALL w/Brown Recluse at ICA April 11

Enter a large unfamiliar house in the hopes of finding a hidden treasure. The interior hallways are long and poorly illuminated. Every door looks the same. As you rummage through this ancient structure, the floorboards creak making you hold your breath fearing the worst. Yet every corner turned and every door opened contains the light and warmth of possibility, but you never know what’s going to be on the other side of that door, unseen around the bend or what lurks behind. Baroque pop Philadelphians Brown Recluse provide the soundtrack to this journey into the unknown. Sometimes, the atmosphere is light and airy as clear vocals and the clean steady rumble of percussions allow vision far into the distance. However, at other times, dark clouds emerge as creepy keyboards and possessed vocals take the lead and the path becomes unclear. Way off there lays the flicker of a flame that will guide the way. Tonight these contradicting sounds will be filling the Institute of Contemporary Art. The evening will start off with a conversation about the current exhibition “First Among Equals” on display with ICA curators Alex Klein and Kate Kraczon and artist Alex da Corte while being moderated by ICA Student Advisory Board members Julia Nelson and David Galperin. There will also be a Stefan Sagmeister-related screen printing session (free t-shirts will be provided) as well as refreshments which will include Federal Donuts…and beer (21+ ID required). Sounds like a delightful way to spend the evening. Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 S. 36th St., 6:30pm, Free, All Ages - Michael Colavita
 

Brown Recluse Soundtracking the Change of Seasons at KFN March 16

The warmer weather might have you in the mood for sunny tunes and the summer to come. If so, Brown Recluse will provide the soundtrack to those feelings when they play Kung Fu Necktie tonight. The local outfit has a way of mixing 60s sunshine pop with arcade 80s sounds. They self-describe themselves as Baroque-pop, and there are bits of Belle and Sebastian-esque moments disbursed throughout their music. The daydream-y quality of their songs can get you so lost in its warm glow that you almost don’t notice the sometimes eerie lyrics that lay underneath their soundscapes, which is probably one of the many reasons why well-respected indie label Slumberland Records have picked them from the orchard of talented Philly acts making more noise in the blogosphere. Brown Recluse’s well-crafted, sunshiny songs are the perfect transition into spring. Expect to hear some new tunes from the indie popsters this evening. They’ll be joined by the synth-pop laments of Steve Goldberg’s latest project Resistor and Brooklyn’s We Can’t Enjoy Ourselves. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front Street, 7:30pm, $8, 21+ - Maura Filoromo

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