Camping In Alaska • Silver Fern
Fri 02/21/25
6:00PM
All Ages
music
$20 ADV // $25 DOS
Presented by CC / X-Ray Arcade / The Basement Collective
Show Lineup
Camping in Alaska
(Huntsville, AL)
Genre: Emo
Camping in Alaska is a post-emo band based in Huntsville, AL. Austin Davis and Jacob Stewart started writing music together at age 15, drawing from influences of childhood-favorite bands such as Jawbreaker, Modest Mouse, and Knapsack. They started their careers in Austin’s mom’s garage and soon began playing DIY shows all around North Alabama with the addition of Ben Cape and Jacob Hill. Their breakout album about being in high school and hanging out in parking lots, please be nice, was recorded in 2013 and quickly took underground internet forums by storm after the popular YouTube channel jommeez uploaded the album, their most popular song, “c u in da ballpit,” holding 1.9 million views to date. After Ben left the band, BATHE was recorded in 2014 and picked up by Broken World Media for a cassette release in 2015.
The band took a hiatus for a couple of years after recording WELCOME HOME SON in 2016, a darker, more serious album about addiction and loss. With the addition of Dani Fandre, the band made a strong comeback in 2022, releasing an EP of acoustic demos recorded through 2017 and 2018 called Lost & Found and selling out both of their come-back shows.
In September 2023 they released Hollow Eyes, a precursor to their next full length, drawing influence from Jawbox and The Weakerthans and grappling with more mature subject matter pertaining to addiction, homelessness and finding a way out. After the success of an almost all-sold-out Midwest and East Coast please be nice Ten Year Anniversary tour, Camping in Alaska plans to go back to the studio to record their long-awaited full length Eggbeater Jesus and hit the road again on the West Coast in 2024.
Silver Fern
(Huntsville, Al)
Genre: Emo, Shoegaze
Silver Fern is a 4-piece band from Huntsville, Alabama. The project is based on the songwriting of singer and guitarist Shannon Whaley. Shannon’s songwriting output began with fingerstyle acoustic guitar playing and earnest folk-tinged melodies. Over time the sound has evolved into something more ambitious in terms of sound and arrangement, but with the directness and honesty of the original songwriting intact. The steady bass and drums provide the backbone for layers of echoing slide guitar, and Fripp and Eno-esque pedalboard looping. The sound has been described as dream pop, prog, shoegaze, bedroom pop, folk, post rock, slow-core, etc. Silver Fern presents an eclectic synthesis of all these elements, particularly in live sets sprinkled with covers ranging from UK trip-hop pioneers Portishead to Brazilian songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim. The band features members of Camping In Alaska, Obed Edom, Glimpse, and Human Labor. Their self-titled 5 song Silver Fern EP was released on Bandcamp and streaming services in 2019. The follow-up full length album is currently being mixed/mastered and will be released in 2023.