PHOSPHORESCENT
SATURDAY 7/19. Rev Room. 8 p.m. $30.
Upon the release of 2013’s “Muchacho,” his career highpoint, singer-songwriter Matthew Huock — known on stage as Phosphorescent — fetched the kind of glowing write-up from Pitchfork that most indie artists only dream about: “On ‘Muchacho,’ Houck gathers together everything he’s attempted — beery, rollicking country rock, haunted tribal hymnals, regret-soaked barroom heartbreak — and fashions it into something close to a defining statement.” The latest album from Phosphorescent, 2024’s “Revelator,” sees Houck mostly part ways with the first of those three identities, trading his most feral moments for all the densely stacked harmonies and lush instrumentation you could ask for. Get tickets at revroom.com .
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