I Just Read About That…

[CANCELLED: December 7, 2023] Hello Mary / Bruiser and Bicycle

I could have seen Hello Mary back in the spring when they opened for Blondshell.  I didn’t go to that show because I had other plans, although I did see Blondshell at the Free at Noon earlier in the day

Hello Mary opened for Blondshell and I wrote

I have since listened to the album and I love it.  I sure hope they tour soon, maybe as a headliner.

And then they announced the (admittedly short) headline tour.

But on November 29, they posted on Instagram

We are sad to announce we are postponing our east coast shows in early December 😦 refunds are available wherever you purchased your tix. Buuut we are excited to be hitting Albany and DC in March instead with @sspu see you there 🐶

Bummer.  I like the album even more now.

Bruiser and Bicycle (which I thought was two different bands) are a weirdo band who draw comparisons to Animal Collective.   As Picthfork wrote:

With their debut, Woods Come Find Me, the Animal Collective comparisons were inevitable. Though unsuspecting and humble in nature, their lo-fi sound tapped into similar vocal hijinks and manic acoustic arrangements as Sung Tongs, prompting a pavlovian response for anyone who ever bookmarked Said the Gramophone on Internet Explorer. Founded by multi-instrumentalists Nick Whittemore and Keegan Graziane, Bruiser and Bicycle spent four years perfecting their follow-up, Holy Red Wagon, and honing their identity away from their freak-folk touchstones. While the comparisons are still easy to draw, the band embarks on its own winding adventures with the help of drummer Joe Taurone. What sounds at first like free-spirited chaos settles into a strange rhythm, like three different heartbeats that just happen to intertwine snugly.

I feel like seeing them live would be the best first way to experience them.  Maybe someday.