Repeat Repeat with flipturn
Sat
July 27, 2019
8:00 pm
EDT
(Doors: 8:00 pm )
The Magic Bag
,
22920 Woodward Avenue, Ferndale, MI
All Ages
$15.00
Your favorite band's favorite band! On their new album Glazed, *repeat repeat deliver a batch of songs entirely true to the album's title: sugary and sticky and impossibly shiny, all glistening harmonies and candy-coated hooks. But beneath the gloss lies something more jarring and jagged, a raw vitality generated by the Nashville band's buzzy rhythms and blistering guitar work. Fortified by the distinctly thoughtful songwriting of husband-and-wife duo Jared and Kristyn Corder, the result is an album that finds an unlikely power in irrepressible sweetness. The follow-up to 2017's Floral Canyon, Glazed marks a period of major growth for *repeat repeat, who've spent the better part of the last few years touring, highlighted by a 2018 debut at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival that saw them lavishly praised by Rolling Stone, who hailed them as "Most Enthusiastic Rockers". In bringing the new album to life, *repeat repeat worked closely with producer Patrick Carney (drummer for The Black Keys and producer for such artists as Arctic Monkeys, Black Lips, and Tobias Jesso Jr.), immersing themselves in a more rigorous songwriting and recording process than they'd ever attempted before. "Patrick was deeply involved in every aspect of the album, and it sparked this whole new level of creativity in all of us," says Jared, who serves as lead vocalist, guitarist, and main songwriter for *repeat repeat. "He was adamant about pushing us and working on something until we got it exactly right. It was really challenging at times, but I think it taught us how to make the best song that we can possibly make." In another monumental shift, Kristyn expanded her role far beyond anchoring *repeat repeat's bold harmonies, playing keyboards, and directing the band's design aesthetic, moving on to writing guitar parts and lyrics for the band. On lead single "Hi, I'm Waiting," the increased depth of their collaboration reveals itself in tender expressions of affection, unfolding in swinging melodies and crunchy guitar riffs and lyrics capturing a quiet sensitivity (e.g., "You say when you want me/I want you when you do"). "So many love songs come from a place of demanding love, or feeling like it's owed to you," Jared points out. "I liked the idea of conveying a different romantic sentiment, especially as a straight white male—I mean, the least we can do as dudes is wait."