Friday, March 27 Rickshaw Stop + Live Nation co-present DREAM, IVORY with Rew 8 pm doors $22/25 tix all ages DREAM, IVORY: The title of Dream, Ivory’s sophomore album, When You Come Back I Have So Much to Tell You, evokes both anticipation and foreboding. Initially, the duo comprising brothers Christian and Louie Baello thought of the album as a conversation between two people separated by a long distance, their inevitable reunion the sole light at the end of a dark tunnel. But as time wore on, the brothers developed a new interpretation. “The title could just as easily apply to a negative situation. Like, maybe the other person isn’t coming back. Maybe the stories that need to be told aren’t happy ones,” Louie says. The stories on When You Come Back... tackle a spectrum of emotion, from the highs of romantic love to the distressing lows of addiction. “Take a look inside the mirror/ There’s no time for telling lies,” Louie sings on the hypnotic “Not the Best Idea.” It might as well be the album’s thesis. Growing up in Southern California, the Baello brothers were each other’s universe. “We experienced the world through the same frame, Christian says. That frame was heavily influenced by the number of times they moved, their identity as first generation Filipino Americans, and their parents’ love of music. Enlisted in piano lessons by their dad at a young age (“it wasn’t a choice,” Louie jokes), the Baello brothers cut their teeth covering the music their parents were raised on, everything from ABBA and the Bee Gees to the Beatles. Christian helms the production on Dream, Ivory tracks while Louie is the primary lyricist/vocalist, but every song they make is a true collaboration. Music has always been central to their sense of self-perception, but it’s just one of the brothers’ many talents. Together, they make all of Dream, Ivory’s artwork, videos, and visuals. Rew is a DIY musician from the suburbs of Delaware whose sound blends alt, bedroom lo-fi, shoegaze, grunge, and emo. He has been recording compulsively since childhood, drawing on themes of mental health, love, longing, and self-doubt. Since debuting with his first single “yung and writhing”, Rew has steadily built an expansive catalog and is now at work on his seventh album. This tour offers audiences their first chance to experience years of his songs brought to life on stage.