Penny & Sparrow, Lowland Hum
Stoughton Opera House 381 E. Main St., Stoughton, Wisconsin 53589
press release:
Acclaimed singer-songwriter duo Penny & Sparrow will perform at Stoughton Opera House on September 23 in support of their masterful new album Wendigo, which releases on September 1 via I Love You. Wendigo is a stunning collection of 14 artfully arranged songs that combine Andy Baxter’s introspective lyrics with Kyle Jahnke’s soaring harmonies and lush arrangements. The duo's strikingly honest lyrics, gorgeous melodies and captivating live performances have resonated with press and audiences alike. To get a sense of the pair's spellbinding musical delivery and charming wit, watch Penny & Sparrow perform an intimate Garden & Gun Back Porch Session HERE.
Wendigo finds Penny & Sparrow expanding their musical palette both sonically and poetically as they inject their signature bare-bones acoustic music with more literary influences and hypnotic instrumentation. Though the new album touches on themes of love, darkness, urban legends and death, it remains rooted in comfort and hope. Recorded in a home studio in Northen Alabama, Baxter & Jahnke decided to keep the faint sounds of homelife, like creaky door hinges and family conversations, leaving these songs with a feeling of familiarity. The result is a compelling depiction of life, what it means to unearth your deepest fears and discovering the beauty and strength that lies beneath.
Penny & Sparrow's new album is the follow up to their successful 2015 release Let A Lover Drown You, which garnered praise everywhere from Noisey to NPR Music to Baeble, who said “Fans of Glen Hansard, Mumford and Sons, and The Civil Wars...Penny & Sparrow should be your new favorite band.” Baxter & Jahnke, who began making music together in 2010 while roommates at the University of Texas in Austin, independently released two albums and one EP before teaming up with John Paul White (Civil Wars) and Ben Tanner (Alabama Shakes) to produce the previous album.
Virginia art-folk band Lowland Hum is husband-wife team Daniel and Lauren Goans. Both their live show and studio releases have garnered critical acclaim from the likes of NPR, the Washington Post, American Songwriter, and others. Lowland Hum's songs have been described as poetic and evocative, and their arrangements as minimal, hushed, and dynamic.