Boston’s multi-instrumentalist avant-folk quartet, The Grownup Noise, return this spring with their sophomore record, This Time With Feeling. Their CD release for which is this Saturday, March 26 at The Middle East downstairs.
All five members of The Grownup Noise (Paul Hansen – vocals, guitar, keys; Adam Sankowski – bass, keys, vocals; Katie Franich – cello, keys, vocals; and Aine Fujioka – drums, vocals), Todd Marsten (Accordion, Keys) are multi-instrumentalists and equal contributors to Feeling’s umbrella of styles. The quartet came together in 2005 at the Berklee College of Music, when Paul and Adam first met.
The Grownup Noise have spent much of the past three-plus years since their last record, nurturing their skills and crossing the country on five national tours, traveling in a van that ran on recycled vegetable oil and was converted by members of fellow touring mates Piebald.
With a true love for song, influences range from the Beatles’ and Velvet Underground’s classic experimental songwriting to the modern arrangement and sonic diversity of Stars and Ra Ra Riot. On This Time With Feeling, the band’s musicianship and songcraft continues to evolve with a collection of sophisticated and honest work.
This Time With Feeling was recorded throughout Boston and New England recording studios, a cabin in Maine, and even vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Paul Hansen’s bathroom,, where the band laid down some final vocal takes.
The line-up for Saturday is as follows:
Joe Fletcher & The Wrong Reasons
Spouse
Kingsley Flood
The Grownup Noise (CD Release)
18 +, $10, 8pm
Middle East, 472 Mass. Ave, Cambridge
–Chrissy Prisco