Doors 4:00pm, Music 8:00pm

Come out for a night of great songs and great friends, celebrating a hometown show for…
BEN MOREY & THE EYES

www.benmorey.bandcamp.com

and the album release party for…
JILL McCRACKEN

Indie soul songstress Jill McCracken’s forthcoming release, Shake Me Up, is a celebration of feeling—anything that she’s got on the inside (and there’s a lot on the inside), is triumphantly released out into the world. Though Jill’s songs catch the ear as pop tunes, touching heavily on classic soul and Motown influences, a closer listen lets the audience know that these aren’t as simple as ABC, 123; there’s conflict that lies just beneath the surface of the songs, as nodded to by Jill’s sweet and savory lyrics. This isn’t a masquerade of beauty; it’s a celebration of Jill’s honest-to-goodness truth of life and love-not only the beautiful, terrible, horrible parts, but especially all the in-between.

Shake Me Up boasts soaring silky vocals (Jill McCracken, Mandy Goldman), a pocketed rhythm section (Kevin Ewer, Brendan Duran), tight guitar riffs (Jim Horvath) and a soulful organ & Wurlitzer performance (Jon Petronzio) to create an original potpourri of new and old. The retro shout out kicks in immediately on the first track, “Lovesick Woman,” with its undeniable Jackson 5 overtones, then bounces to the modern day influence of Lake Street Dive on “Do You?,” and back to the Al Green and Aretha Franklin days in the sensual backing vocals and twinkly keys on “A Taste of Sweetness.”

www.jillmccracken.com

Cover: $5