In Bloom Listening Series featuring Stace Brandt | The Venture | The Rupert Selection | Surnames
12/19/24
GA Seats $12
6:30pm doors / 7:00pm show
18+, anyone under 18 MUST be accompanied by an adult
STACE BRANDT: Stace Brandt is a queer musician, songwriter, and poet based in Boston and formerly in Burlington, Vermont. Over the years they have honed intuitive songwriting into minimal yet lush sonic worlds, telling stories of love and loss. Brandt’s current sound leans into grunge while keeping a sturdy backbone of indie, folk and r&b influences. Their 2019 EP, Lucky Ones, was awarded the Club Passim Iguana Fund Grant, and was followed by multimedia singles “Still Around” (2020) and “Whale Song” (2022). In 2024, Brandt dropped “Miami Beach” and “Anniversary”, the first two tracks of a new album to be released in song pairs. Brandt's music has appeared on New England Indie, Boston Songwriters to Know, and the Best of Boston Spotify playlists.
THE VENTURE: The Venture is a Boston-based alternative rock band comprised of singer Sophia Wulsin, guitarist Philip Chau, and drummer Anna Moore. The band formed during their time at a Catholic high school, and have since gone on to play both professional venues and Boston’s DIY circuit. According to The Suffolk Journal, “The band’s deep friendship allows them to really connect when performing together” (Buckley). They released their first EP “Eden” on November first of this year, which blends alt rock with jazz harmony.
THE RUPERT SELECTION: The Rupert Selection is an American psychedelic grunge band from Boston, Massachusetts.
Comprising Reilly Somach (guitar/vocals), Sam Bouve (bass/vocals), Zak Brown (drums), Peter Crofton (guitar), the band has created a loyal following throughout New England with their “original voice” and “sound anchored in hard rock” (the Boston Globe). The band was nominated for “Rock Artist of The Year” back to back in 2018 and 2019 and again in 2023 by the Boston Music Awards, was a finalist in the WZLX Rock and Roll Rumble, and named one of the “10 Acts On The Rise In Boston” by WGBH. Improper Magazine had this to say about the band’s live shows: “The Rupert Selection sparked the loudest crowd interaction, with fans shouting to fill the pauses in the trio’s deft, dynamic mash of Nirvana-Esque blasts and math-prog rhythm shifts.”
Embodying everything you love about 90s grunge but with a modern twist, the band has released 3 EPs and two full-length albums (2019’s “Priors” & 2023’s “Crumbs For The Sun”).
Surnames
Surnames is the music project of Liam Anastasia-Murphy. Aftering cutting his teeth on the indie folk scene of Richmond, Virginia, he moved back home to Massachusetts and started Surnames out of his bedroom in 2019. Surnames released two EPs in 2020 - falling squarely into jean jacket, Fender-guitar indie rock. Three new singles were released in 2022 that, while still remaining in the indie sphere, started to showcase a burgeoning fascination with electronic production and sampling. Anastasia-Murphy strives to write music that is honest in its feeling and poetic in its delivery. His music has been streamed over a half of a million times across platforms, added to and featured on thousands of playlists (including Spotify’s “Fresh Finds Indie”), and used in a Netflix show.
GA Seats $12
6:30pm doors / 7:00pm show
18+, anyone under 18 MUST be accompanied by an adult
STACE BRANDT: Stace Brandt is a queer musician, songwriter, and poet based in Boston and formerly in Burlington, Vermont. Over the years they have honed intuitive songwriting into minimal yet lush sonic worlds, telling stories of love and loss. Brandt’s current sound leans into grunge while keeping a sturdy backbone of indie, folk and r&b influences. Their 2019 EP, Lucky Ones, was awarded the Club Passim Iguana Fund Grant, and was followed by multimedia singles “Still Around” (2020) and “Whale Song” (2022). In 2024, Brandt dropped “Miami Beach” and “Anniversary”, the first two tracks of a new album to be released in song pairs. Brandt's music has appeared on New England Indie, Boston Songwriters to Know, and the Best of Boston Spotify playlists.
THE VENTURE: The Venture is a Boston-based alternative rock band comprised of singer Sophia Wulsin, guitarist Philip Chau, and drummer Anna Moore. The band formed during their time at a Catholic high school, and have since gone on to play both professional venues and Boston’s DIY circuit. According to The Suffolk Journal, “The band’s deep friendship allows them to really connect when performing together” (Buckley). They released their first EP “Eden” on November first of this year, which blends alt rock with jazz harmony.
THE RUPERT SELECTION: The Rupert Selection is an American psychedelic grunge band from Boston, Massachusetts.
Comprising Reilly Somach (guitar/vocals), Sam Bouve (bass/vocals), Zak Brown (drums), Peter Crofton (guitar), the band has created a loyal following throughout New England with their “original voice” and “sound anchored in hard rock” (the Boston Globe). The band was nominated for “Rock Artist of The Year” back to back in 2018 and 2019 and again in 2023 by the Boston Music Awards, was a finalist in the WZLX Rock and Roll Rumble, and named one of the “10 Acts On The Rise In Boston” by WGBH. Improper Magazine had this to say about the band’s live shows: “The Rupert Selection sparked the loudest crowd interaction, with fans shouting to fill the pauses in the trio’s deft, dynamic mash of Nirvana-Esque blasts and math-prog rhythm shifts.”
Embodying everything you love about 90s grunge but with a modern twist, the band has released 3 EPs and two full-length albums (2019’s “Priors” & 2023’s “Crumbs For The Sun”).
Surnames
Surnames is the music project of Liam Anastasia-Murphy. Aftering cutting his teeth on the indie folk scene of Richmond, Virginia, he moved back home to Massachusetts and started Surnames out of his bedroom in 2019. Surnames released two EPs in 2020 - falling squarely into jean jacket, Fender-guitar indie rock. Three new singles were released in 2022 that, while still remaining in the indie sphere, started to showcase a burgeoning fascination with electronic production and sampling. Anastasia-Murphy strives to write music that is honest in its feeling and poetic in its delivery. His music has been streamed over a half of a million times across platforms, added to and featured on thousands of playlists (including Spotify’s “Fresh Finds Indie”), and used in a Netflix show.