
Local Love Letter #27: Neilson Family (Album Release)
Mississippi Studios
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Portland
Wednesday, August 19 at 8 pm PDT
Concert Venue
Wednesday, August 19 at 8 pm PDT
Concert Venue
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w/ Gondos & Baby Grendel
Neilson Family:
Neilson Family is an alternative rock band from Portland, Oregon. Formed in 2018, they wrote and recorded two albums of short, high-energy songs, full of chiming guitars, sweet harmonies, and introspective lyrics: 2020’s Double Life and 2021’s Be Normal.
While the pandemic turned many gazes inward, theirs turned outward, both to international music and the international relations, and the apocalyptic violence necessary to maintain it. The result is Neilson Family’s third full-length release, Imperial Residue. Recorded in a dank Southeast basement, it is an SOS from the belly of the beast, set over shifting tempos and odd time, as channeled from songwriter James Neilson’s gimlet eye to his acid tongue. They hope you like it.
Gondos:
Sweaty garage rocking roll.
Baby Grendel:
Baby Grendel is a four-piece alternative rock band based in Portland, Oregon. Described as brooding melodic art rock, it is the third phase of Jonathan Suarez's songwriting career. The band now consists of Suarez (rhythm guitar, lead vocals), Colleen Johnson (keys, backing vocals), Zach Cardenas (drums), and Drew Cardenas (bass). Suarez's lyrics explore themes of death, grief, unabashed honesty, escapism, and self-acceptance.
Baby Grendel's new EP Timeless (Do Flowers Grow on Barren Land), out June 2026, experiments with new sounds and textures. The band continues to grow the Hatchling Monster into what is to be expected of an insightful outsider in a corrupt and nepotistic world.
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