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Nate Ruess with Surfer Blood

[INDIE] Lionized by the success of FUN, whose sprawling singles dominated radio airplay for longer than you can possibly recall (“We Are Young” and ”Some Nights”), it was a shock to fans when Nate Ruess announced in 2014 the band would go on hiatus as he pushed his musical vision solo. In close collaboration with producers Jeff Bhasker (Kanye West, Beyoncé) and Emilie Haynie (Lana Del Ray), a handful of fledgling musical ideas—some melodies recorded on a phone—were brought to life. The product: a debut solo album. Last June’s Grand Romantic featured contributions from Jeff Tweedy, Josh Klinghoffer, Lykke Li, and Beck. In usual Ruess fashion the album teems with ripe orchestration and bellowing, grandiose sentiments laced with a good dose of campy theatricality (think: Freddie Mercury, Mika). I feel like, as a human being, I’ve grown so much in the process of making this album, and this needed to happen,” Ruess recounts to Rolling Stone. ”I’ve never had a better time doing anything in my entire life.” Needless to say, as an artist whose signature quality is his robust and expressive tenor, Ruess is the kind of wear-his-heart-on-his-sleeve performer who’s best experienced live—and this Saturday, November 21 you can catch him at Town Ballroom where West Palm Beach outfit Surfer Blood will be opening and setting the mood with undeniably crisp indie anthems. 

 

$31

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Town Ballroom

681 Main St.
Buffalo, NY
Phone: 716-852-3900

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