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(((folkYEAH!))) presents Inner Wave!Saturday, September 14thDoors: 8pm / Show: 9pm$32 in advance / $36 day of the show21+*Tickets on sale Friday, July 19th at 10am PT*INNER WAVEEven without the unprecedented stress of surviving a global pandemic, Inner Wave was already off-course, scattered. The mandated hiatus and the reasons for it were frightening. But if they were to continue, Inner Wave would absolutely have to regroup and refocus. Pablo Sotelo, Elijah Trujillo (guitar), and Jean Pierre Narvaez (bass, vox) are the founding members, but Inner Wave is actually a quintet, and now in its tightest formation yet. Drummer Luis Portillo, whos been with the band since 2017, is obsessed with his craft. Sound engineer Jose Cruz was incorporated late in 2020 as keyboardist, and his tenacity (and genius, all agree) is unparalleled. Cruz fit right in, Trujillo notes: He understands the type of level of musicianship that we have, and puts in the effort to take it to that next level, to go home with a notebook full of chords that he figures out and brings back the next daywithout us even having to ask him.Disciplinespecifically, a commitment to lifelong learning of music-makingis a massive force in Inner Waves flow. As kids, Sotelo, Trujillo, and Narvaez drilled and drilled, practicing for hours after school every day. This dedication remains foundational; a certain intensity of effort is essential to Inner Wave. Coming out of this pandemic, Sotelo says, having gone through so much and restructuring our team, we reverted back to being very hands-onlike we were for 11 years. Now I feel very confident: were like a musical tank.The newly unified five-piece spent two weeks quarantined at True Sound, a recording studio where Cruz also lives. Surprisingly, this was their first-ever experience recording a full-length in a studio.Out on September 30th, Apoptosis is a trip into the bands familiar realm of electronic, soul, and garage-rock. This time, however, the details are especially intricate, with unexpected synth accents that somehow both meld and stand out; they feel necessary, like the crevices and sharp edges of a mountain. Through these well-resolved musical moods, the intentionally ambiguous lyrics are strongly conveyed, yet left up to the listener for pondering. Apoptosis is experimental yet intentional. It is far-fetched in theory, but not out of reach in its final presentation. Apoptosis is a biological term for the death of cells, which occurs as a normal and controlled part of an organisms growth or development. Basically, its when your body lets certain cells die so that new healthy cells can grow, Sotelo explains. It was indicative of what we had just gone through this whole year, with losing a member, losing management, losing a tour, shows, losing friends, losing almost everything. And then starting from the ground up.
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