Skalitzer Straße 85-86, Berlin Kreuzberg
Country / Americana
Konzert
Do 28. April 2022
Konzert
Mike and the Moonpies
Cheap Silver and Solid Country Gold
Verschoben
rescheduled
Veranstaltung wurde verschoben / Event has been rescheduled

Verschoben auf den 21.04.23. Tickets behalten ihre Gültigkeit.

Genre: Country / Americana

Once celebrated as Austin’s premiere dancehall band — with popular residencies at local institutions like The Hole In the Wall, Broken Spoke and the White Horse to match — the Moonpies have spent years expanding their reach far beyond the Lone Star State. Geographically, they’ll always be a Texas band. Musically, they’ve grown into much more than that, having traded the two-steppin‘ twang of their earlier years for a diverse sound that’s both fresh and familiar. That sound has earned the group an international following, and it was during a European tour that the bulk of Cheap Silver and Solid Country Gold was created — in the same world-renowned, London-area recording studio where the Beatles recorded Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Bandand Pink Floyd tracked Dark Side of the Moon, no less.

„Every time we’ve taken a step forward, it’s a result of us refusing to become stagnant,“ says Harmeier, who’s joined by his longtime band — pedal steel player Zach Moulton, guitarist Catlin Rutherford, bassistOmar Oyoque, keyboardist John Carbone, drummer Kyle Ponder, and producer/collaborator Adam Odor — on Cheap Silver and Solid Country Gold’s eight tracks. „We left our dancehall residencies years ago because we wanted to expand our touring beyond Texas. We updated our approach withMockingbird, then went back to a more traditional sound — in a 1970s, Johnny Paycheck-inspired way — with [2018’s break-out album] Steak Night at the Prairie Rose. 10 years into our career, we’re still finding our voice… and we’re realizing that maybe it’s not onevoice, but a collection of voices.“

It’s been more than a decade since Mike and the Moonpies launched their career, initially paying their dues as a versatile cover band with a catalog of 300 songs. Cheap Silver and Solid Country Gold nods to those woodshedding days — not only in the album’s title track, where Harmeierraises a drink and sings, „Here’s to another night of paying our dues,“ but also in the album’s handful of cover songs. The boys resurrect the twangy spirit of their dancehall days with „If You Want A Fool Around,“ written by Billy Troy and BennieBoling, and also put their own stamp on Aaron Sinclair’s „Young in Love.“ Those covers serve as a tip-of-the-hat to the band’s roots, while also demonstrating that the Moonpies‘ own songs pack just as much punch as the songs of their heroes. Harmeier and company haven’t forgotten about their bar-band beginnings, but these days, they’re more interested in creating their own gold.

Cheap Silver and Solid Country Gold rewrites the definition of Mike and the Moonpies‘ music, turning vintage influences into a contemporary that’s dark, reflective, and refined.