Parker Millsap & Robert Ellis

Friday January 26th, 2023 7PM DOORS / 8PM SHOW $27 ADV / $30 DOS Parker Millsap

The fifth album fromOklahoma-bred singer/songwriter Parker Millsap, Be Here Instead emergedfrom a wild alchemy of instinct, ingenuity, and joyfully determinedrule-breaking. In a departure from the guitar-and-notebook-based approach tosongwriting that shaped his earlier work, the Nashville-based artist followedhis curiosity to countless other modes of expression, experimenting witheverything from piano to effects pedals to old-school drum machines (afascination partly inspired by the early-’70s innovations of Sly Stone and J.J.Cale). As those explorations deepened and broadened his musical vision, Millsapsoon arrived at a body of work touched with both unbridled imagination andlucid insight into the search for presence in a chaotic world.

Produced by JohnAgnello (Kurt Vile, Sonic Youth, Waxahatchee) and mainly recorded live with Millsap’sfull band, Be Here Instead marks a stylistic shift from the gritty andhigh-energy folk of his previous output, including 2018’s acclaimed OtherArrangements and 2016’s The…