3RD FRIDAYS
from 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. in the Tasting Room
and continues on every 3rd Friday of each ensuing month
Friday, December 20, 2019
ALBERT KASS
Featured Pairing: Gamay Nouveau
Albert Kass – Young Old Man
Indie/alternative/folk artist Albert Kass is from Los Angeles. Kass has returned to writing and performing after two careers and two decades: “Call me a late bloomer. All the perceptions were there. But I didn’t feel I was called to music until now.” His new album, Young Old Man, is a coming-of-age tale – a culmination of years of original songwriting and a coalescing of sound, style and aesthetic. The young old man: broken-in yet modern, vintage vibes that echo of tomorrow. Raw with an edge but softened with bittersweet nostalgia, like the worn leather of a favorite jacket.
Tightly edited with 10 songs, Young Old Man remembers the purity and clarity of youth, and how the joys and miseries of growing up take on energies of angst, abstraction, and the sarcasm of adulthood. “I wanted to feel that in song,” he says. The sound production is minimal, to enhance intimacy and his easy, deep melodies. “Stripped down is what my life sounds like now. Like ‘Shallow Sea,’ putting my soul, inside-out, on display.” Kass utilizes only voice, acoustic guitar, upright bass—featuring soulful bowing on tracks like ‘The Void’ and ‘Awake’—and simple percussion. The result is less extreme, with easy, haunting hooks, arpeggios, as well as a subtly visceral quality, like on ‘Hurricane.’ His next project features a combination of intensely personal ballads like ‘Our Place’ and ‘The Fair,’ twangy protest songs like ‘The Living Man,’ and an acoustic cover of Grizzly Bear’s ‘Two Weeks.’
Presqu’ile Winery looks forward to showcasing him during the holiday season 3RD FRIDAYS.