Sunken Man Album Release

Join us on our patio for an incredible evening of live music as we celebrate Sunken Man's new album release! Michael Rawls grew up between Suffolk and Norfolk, Virginia. Small-town stillness on one side, city noise on the other. His father raised him on the Beatles, Springsteen, and Dylan. On his own, he found Modest Mouse, Wilco, Van Morrison, John Prine, and Randy Newman, and never fully recovered. He built a full life, financial advisor, business owner, family and the songs kept showing up anyway. Then a marriage ended, and in the quiet of a house where a child was sleeping, he started writing in earnest. Songs about heartbreak and rebuilding. About loving someone new while still carrying what came before. He took them to Matthew E. White at Spacebomb Studio in Richmond. White produced the album; Alan Parker whose credits include Bon Iver and Lucy Dacus played every instrument himself. The record was mixed by three-time Grammy winner Alex De Jong and mastered by TW Walsh. The result is nine songs that sit somewhere between Springsteen's emotional directness and Wilco's melodic intelligence. Heartbreak, yes… but also hope. The kind you have to earn. He's still a financial advisor. Still lives in Richmond. The music grew in the margins, the way the best things do.

Joining them on stage is alternative indie-rock band No Composure from Charlottesville, VA; as well as a solo-perfomance by Luke Howard, of country-fried, rock & soul band, Big Holler. Bring all your pals to this one folks! Can't wait to see you there!