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Marco Benevento, Mikaela Davis

Humboldt Brews

Marco Benevento’s latest album, The Story Of Fred Short is his finest and most adventurous work yet—a maestro making “bold indie rock” says Brooklyn Vegan recently for the crisp first single, “Dropkick.” Out April 1 via Benevento’s co-owned label, Royal Potato Family, it’s the follow-up to 2014’s Swift, which found Marco singing for the first time and honing his psych rock and late night dance party sensibilities. The Story Of Fred Short further continues this exploration with Marco citing everything from LCD Soundsystem, Harry Nilsson, Manu Chau and Gorillaz as inspiration.    

Divided into two sides, The Story Of Fred Short oozes with Marco’s relentless creative spirit in songwriting, performance and production.  Side A is stuffed with mesmerizing dance rock gold.  Marco doubles down on the groove, using a rare Casio drum machine that’s become a recurring muse in addition to a live drummer. The B Side tells the real and imagined story of Fred Short in seven chapters of wild, heavy rock n’ roll.  Fred Short was a Native American man known for throwing musical bacchanals on the property Marco now lives on, in Woodstock, NY. 

Marco recorded and self-produced the album at his Woodstock studio (also named Fred Short).  He’s joined by his core band of Dave Dreiwitz on bass (Ween) and Andy Borger on drums (Tom Waits, Norah Jones).  They’ll be touring heavily throughout 2016 to support the album.

 

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• Humboldt Brews

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• $15

• Ages: 21+