Dear Nora • Marielle Allschwang

Sat 11/16/24
7:00PM
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Dear Nora

(Portland, Oregon)
Genre: Indie

“Among the internet’s many evils is (at least) one true blessing: old music that once ran the risk of being lost to time for good now has more of a chance to be plucked from obscurity and resonate with a new generation. Dear Nora is one such project.

Founded in 1999 by Lewis & Clark College classmates Katy Davidson, Marianna Ritchey, and Ryan Wise, Portland’s Dear Nora was originally an indie-pop project in the vein of DIY greats like the Softies, Gaze, and the Aislers Set. As Davidson became the band’s sole driving force, Dear Nora’s musical style changed as well, shifting from speedy pop to atmospheric slow burners. After releasing three LPs and three EPs to underground appreciation, Davidson decided to discontinue Dear Nora in 2008. They spent the next nine years making similarly minded music as Key Losers and Lloyd & Michael, and served as a touring member of Yacht and Gossip.

But just as Dear Nora was coming to an end, the project’s cult following increased exponentially. Three States: Rarities 1997-2007, the career-spanning compilation released in 2008, exposed Davidson’s music to a younger audience. Girlpool’s 2015 debut, Before the World Was Big, included a delicate meditation named after and evoking the project, Joyce Manor cited Dear Nora as a “huge influence” on their 2016 record Cody, and traces of Davidson’s emotional excavation haunt the works of DIY-inclined songwriters like Frankie Cosmos, Mega Bog, and Stephen Steinbrink.”
– Pitchfork

Marielle Allschwang

(Milwaukee, WI)
Genre: Indie Rock

Marielle Allschwang—vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and member of some of Milwaukee’s finest ensembles (Collections of Colonies of Bees, Hello Death)—sits at the center of the band she has named The Visitations, where she “[commands] the stage with hushed intensity” (Evan Rytlewski, Shepherd Express). At times gentle and beautiful, at others brutal and terrifying, “Allschwang’s voice seems familiar: it’s a timeless instrument, full of sadness, beauty, and independence, rooted in the fertile ground of Americana but twisted into the wilding sky of the avant-garde” (Matt Wild, Milwaukee Record).