3/17/2023 0 Comments Meath note studio![]() ![]() To make it happen, they called in a trusted friend, the Indiana-based artist Nat Russell, whose graphic, stylized paintings on shaped plywood cutouts suggested him as the perfect person to turn The Fruit into an immersive environment. It felt like we were just kind of spitball-dreaming the most fun sleepover that we could, like, ‘Wouldn’t this be funny if it actually happened?’” “We’ve all been working really hard on our own projects this past year, and I think we just wanted to do something that felt pure,” Sarlé says. Most of all, they wanted to have some fun. With some academy money to spend-the shows are presented by Duke Performances-they seized on the opportunity to bring the great outdoors inside. In its early days, the trio played by lakes and bonfires, in stairwells and tunnels. “We all hang out so much and have spent so much of our lives together that sometimes, when these ideas come together, it’s hard to pinpoint exactly where they came from,” Sarlé says. The idea for Cosmic Prom germinated spontaneously, as things do among friends. Now they’re coming off of a big 2019, when Sarlé and Sauser-Monnig (as Daughter of Swords) both released excellent solo projects. After a pivotal outdoor reunion show at Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon’s Eaux Claires festival in Wisconsin, Mountain Man released its also-acclaimed second album, Magic Ship, on the esteemed Nonesuch label in 2018. But in recent years, the stars have guided them back here, where Meath had established the Grammy-nominated duo Sylvan Esso. Rather quickly, the spontaneous trio went from singing folk songs at house parties to releasing their nationally acclaimed 2010 debut Made the Harbor and touring with Feist as backup singers.Īfter the unexpected success and college, they scattered-to California, to Minnesota, to North Carolina. Meath asked Sarlé to teach it to her, then taught it to her friend Sauser-Monnig. They met when Meath overheard Sarlé singing “Dog Song,” the first song she’d ever written, in a Bennington College dorm. Their origin story has been polished to the verge of folklore. After ten years, they’ve grown into their singular band name, harmonizing in conversation as they do in song. There’s a lot of laughter when you hang out with Mountain Man. “Joy,” says Sauser-Monnig, resolving a canon of accord, albeit prompted by an interviewer who had gotten used to the trio’s way of echoing and finishing one another’s thoughts. “Joy,” Sarlé affirms, in her higher voice. “Joy,” Meath says, distilling the point of it all. Night three is “Below the Sea.” We hope you have a fish lewk and a beach chair, because at the time of this writing, it’s the only night that’s not sold out. Night two, “Under the Canopy,” whisks us to the rainforest dress like a tropical creature and bring a plant. The first night, “Beneath the Stars,” is camping-themed attendees are encouraged to dress up like “a starry abyss” (your guess is as good as ours) and bring sleeping bags. Meath, Sarlé, and Sauser-Monnig are here to talk about Cosmic Prom, their three-night concert/art experience/silly party at The Fruit January 17–19, though only Harry Potter, cats, and astrology have been discussed so far-the idle lingua franca of a long friendship.įor each night of Cosmic Prom, artist Nat Russell is transforming the warehouse venue into a different whimsical environment. Today it feels good to be inside, watching the gray rain pelt the backyard garden through a window, with steaming mugs of coffee and crunchy snacks on the table. It’s where Sylvan Esso-with Mountain Man’s Molly Sarlé and Alexandra Sauser-Monnig, along with several other friends-stayed and rehearsed before their recent WITH tour, which sold out two nights at DPAC. Set to open sometime this year, it will be called Betty’s, after Sanborn’s grandmother.Īs work on the studio progresses, the facility is already coming to life. The three singers of Mountain Man are gathered in the kitchen of the recording studio that one of them, Amelia Meath, is building in the woods in Chapel Hill with Nick Sanborn, her partner in Sylvan Esso. The best of INDY Week’s fiercely independent journalism about the Triangle delivered straight to your inbox.
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