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ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT Evening Darling With a lot of bands bringing shades of ‘90s emo and pop back to the forefront, Evening Darling and their straight-forward, guitar-driven sound is heavily inspired by a different decade. “Our sound is coastal folk-rock, influenced by ‘70s AM radio and our own drives up and down Interstate 95,” explained lead guitarist and sometimes singer Nick Lerangis. The band practices beneath Bakeway Bakery and The Strand Smokehouse in Astoria. www.eveningdarling.com facebook.com/eveningdarling Instagram @evening_darling Twitter @evening_darling “There is an insistent, dogged and working person’s sense of forward motion in Astoria and that shapes our lyrics and our own ability to limit pretentiousness,” Lerangis said. Baffled by the current political climate, Evening Darling’s music “both empathizes with and envisions a way forward for this slice of America.” The band has big goals for 2017, like “One: to release our selftitled debut album and get it to every blog and radio station we can. We are so excited about it. It sounds great and the album art looks incredible. Two: to tour twice — once in the spring, and again in the fall/winter.” We are certain that they will accomplish both of the above and much more. JANUARY 2 0 1 7 34 Photos by Brittany Barb WHERE TO CATCH THEM NEXT An Beal Bocht (anbealbochtcafe.com) at 445 W 238th St. in the Bronx (Feb. 3) Muchmore’s (muchmoresnyc.com) at 2 Havemeyer St. in Brooklyn (Feb. 4) Cafe Nine (cafenine.com) at 250 State St. in New Haven (March 2)


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