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X-WR-CALNAME:State Theatre Presents: GoldenOak w/ Dead Gowns (solo)
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SUMMARY:State Theatre Presents: GoldenOak w/ Dead Gowns (solo)
DESCRIPTION:ADVANCE PURCHASE: $20\nAT THE DOOR: $25\nAll tickets will in
 cur an additional $4.50 surcharge.\nALL AGES\n*Please note: Night 1 will
  be a seated show*\n\nGoldenOak’s music is rooted in the natural lands
 cape- their songs move like a stream\, meandering and weaving in an orig
 inal yet grounding direction. Fronted by siblings Zak and Lena Kendall G
 oldenOak’s music calmly excites its listeners while nestled in rich fo
 lk-influenced sibling harmony. The Maine-based band has built a steady a
 nd growing fan base with this kind of energetic intimacy. This is perfec
 tly represented in the group’s latest album “Room to Grow”- A 10-s
 ong reflection of the emotional and physical impacts of the climate cris
 is. The band is rounded out by up-right bassist Mike Knowles and Drummer
  Jackson Cromwell.\n\nGoldenOak has shared the stage with Hiss Golden Me
 ssenger\, Marco Benevento\, Ghost of Paul Revere\, Sierra Ferrell\, The 
 Ballroom Thieves\, and Dustbowl Revival\n\nDEAD GOWNS\nIdeas of shedding
 \, and the power and tenderness required to do so\, are evoked again and
  again over the course of Dead Gowns’ 2022 EP\, HOW. ‘Renter Not a B
 uyer’ is the cheekiest of the tracks\, but also the most indelible. Th
 e narrator\, hungover and late to work\, tumbles down the stairs from an
  apartment too drafty to be habitable. Bleeding from the mouth\, she tri
 es to kiss her date goodbye\, avoiding a larger reality in her body. Son
 gwriter Geneviève Beaudoin’s own experience with endometriosis inform
 s this exploration: she sets concealed pain in direct opposition to the 
 demands of saving face. This process is invariably fraught with contradi
 ctions and she is the first to recognize the absurdity of trying at all.
 \n\nThe rest of the EP is less fixated on the pitfalls of how one presen
 ts to the world. Though Beaudoin first wrote these songs as unspoken dia
 logues\, she sees them now as affirmations intended for herself. ‘How 
 You Act’ is a reclamation of agency: “Yeah it’s messy\, grow up yo
 ur\nheart” elucidates this revelation\, with Beaudoin’s voice ringin
 g out unaccompanied for a moment of quiet triumph.” ‘Change Your Min
 d’ is a celebration of this new life\, emerging with gusto from the pa
 st. Set atop swelling strings and the warm swagger of a Fender Rhodes\, 
 this affirmation feels earned and regal. But it’s the final track\, �
 �Real Life\,’ that reminds Beaudoin there’s no fixed point here. Her
  desire for change will always run alongside a past that won’t entirel
 y stay past.
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LOCATION:181 State St.\, Portland\,  Maine  04101\,  US
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