From National Sawdust:
GRAMMY Award-winning composer and violist for Attacca Quartet Nathan Schram will premiere his new album NEARSIDED in this multimedia performance. Schram’s latest album is a testament to the power of exploration and sees him eschew genre to test the possibilities of what can be created in the studio and on-stage. NEARSIDED wears its influences on its sleeve: mimicking Mahler’s penchant for contrasting moods in his symphonic works to the electronica of Radiohead's Kid A and the moody realism of Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city. The result of these varied influences is an album that uses new music to explore a full range of emotions, from exultant joy to glowering darkness, by combining electronics and strings. Join Nathan Schram and his special guests–Attacca Quartet, Becca Stevens, Caroline Shaw, and more–for the world premiere of NEARSIDED in this album release show.