
Juice w / murdermart
Portland House of Music
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Portland
Saturday, April 25 at 8 pm EDT
Rap / Hip-Hop
Concert Venue
Saturday, April 25 at 8 pm EDT
Rap / Hip-Hop
Concert Venue
Entry Options
Details
Artists
Description
Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 day of show.
Doors at 7:00 pm | Music starts at 8:00 pm.
21+
Between their tight grooves, radiant harmonies, heartfelt lyrics, and jaw-dropping solos ,
there’s no simple, easy way to summarize New York City five-piece Juice.
Pulling from pop and rock, hip-hop and R&B, ‘90s alternative, modern electronic, folk, and
more, their complexity is their strength: All six members are multi-instrumentalists from
different musical backgrounds and upbringings, each one bringing his own unique flavor to the
band. The result is a “multi-dimensional rock” identity that has continuously evolved over the
past decade, as the band members themselves – Ben Stevens (vocals, keys), Christian Rose
(vocals, violin), Kamau Burton (vocals, guitar), Daniel Moss (guitar), and Rami El-Abidin (bass) –
went from students at Boston College to professional touring musicians and seasoned recording
artists.
Juice’s sound may be ever-evolving, but their bold energy is evergreen: The goal, both on stage
and on record, is not just to connect on a human level, but to breathe life into every room.
While they pack a punch on record, Juice shine their brightest onstage, bringing their music to
life for all to see, hear, and feel. The band have played countless national tours over the past
ten years, including four headline tours and support slots opening for bands like flipturn, Ocean
Alley, and The Dip.
murdermart is an eclectic band; there’s a core modern indie pop sound, but, depending
on the track and particular mix of four unique vocalists, tracks take on forms of post-punk,
saxophone insanity, post-hardcore and emo, modulated lofi pop, and even bits of country.
If this sounds like a lot, rest assured it is. But here’s the strange thing: murdermart seem
to have cracked some unspoken code on having multiple vocalists that has largely been
confined to the hip-hop realm. Each of the four men get time in the spotlight, sometimes for a
single verse, other times for a whole track, elsewhere helping with backing vocal responsibilities.
Each of their voices is unique and adds a particular dynamic to each section of an amorphous
album – but the combination of changing voices and styles somehow feels more cohesive than if
only one vocalist was handling everything. Punk elements make sense because one member
can handle screaming; the country elements naturally flow from yet another vocalist’s more
restrained delivery. The mystery of who’s going to take the next verse or chorus adds to the fun,
and the whole cast is truly great at what they do.


