Event Listing - Music

Sun Jul 20

DD Fest

The Chapin Sisters

with Ruthann Friedman, Ellen Mary McGee, and Night Canopy

Location	Date and Time
Mama Buzz 2318 Telegraph Ave Oakland, CA 94612 map cross street: 23rd St. district: Oakland (Millsmont/Bancroft)	Sun Jul 20 (6pm)

Description

"There's a sinister tenderness to this L.A. trio's sad, soft, gorgeous folk. Comprised of Abigail and Lily Chapin (daughters of children's music notable Tom, nieces of 70's legend Harry) and Jessica Craven (daughter of horror director Wes, stepdaughter of Tom), the Chapin Sisters use eerie harmonies to great effect in their meditations on love lost and losing. Their full-length debut opens with all three singing in unison 'My baby hates me, and it's nobody's fault but mine.' That track, 'Let Me Go,' sets the album's mood and tone - think suicidal. There's 'Kill Me Now' for instance, a tidily cheerless number. Depressing, sure, but cathartic in a neurasthenic sort of way too - there's something enjoyable about the way the sisters spread their misery. The stories marry well to their elegant balladry, and the sisters' neo-Victorian sensibilities add up to a lingering, almost ghostly result. This is after-dark music that's meant to creep you out. And it does."
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