poster: Josh Levi

Thursday June 15 * 7pm * TICKETS

Okapi is an avant-garde songwriting duo based out of Asheville, NC that employs upright bass, cello, and voice. Their goal is to create raw and intricate compositions that are cathartic but inviting, carrying honest and satirical messages that aim to stimulate a universal confrontation with reality, while encouraging consciousness, healthy growth, and individual empowerment in the curious and attentive observer.

Teething Veils began in 2006 in Washington, DC, playing very occasional live shows at places such as the Montgomery College Planetarium and their own living room at 611 Florida Ave. They have released five LPs (Velorio, 2013; Constellations, 2014; Sea and Sun, 2017; Canopy of Crimson, 2020; and To Have and to Hold, 2022) and a 7” single (Dinner Date, 2015) through the artist-run DC-and-Santa-Fe-based collective Etxe Records. They have played live with audiences in 43 US states plus the District of Columbia, and two Canadian provinces. The band members also play, or have played, in The Antiques, Daamsel, Kohoutek, The OSYX, Parlor Scouts, Prom Concussion, Seamstresses, Silo Halo, and Void Vision. “If the latest from this self-described chamber-folk outfit feels funereal, it isn’t just because bandleader Greg Svitil sings like a eulogist, or because Hannah Burris knows how to make her viola weep. It’s because funerals allow emotions to be purged and smothered, making time feel stranger than slow.” -Chris Richards, Washington Post

Terrain is a Baltimore, MD solo artist who blends percussive fingerstyle guitar work with a dynamic, powerful vocal style. Terrain’s debut EP, Knowing, highlights a modern indie-folk sound, while other live tracks lean toward punk, emo, and progressive rock. Guitarist and songwriter Randall Mentzos is dedicated to the details, and it manifests in his technical and passionate performances.