Twenty6 Productions Presents: Jimkata & Big Something w/ Fernway at Asbury Hall

Jimkata

Four years after going on hiatus, Jimkata is back with a renewed sense of purpose and an extraordinary new album. Recorded in Syracuse with producer Jason Randall, Bonfires finds the trio digging deep and stretching their boundaries with bold, intoxicating arrangements fueled by swirling synthesizers and anthemic hooks. The songs here are at once modern and classic, blurring the lines between the organic and the electronic as they reckon with doubt, struggle, and perseverance in a search for truth and meaning. Like much of Jimkata’s catalog, Bonfires delivers transcendence in tight, dancefloor-ready packages, but there’s a sense of freedom at play that pushes the trios performances to new emotional heights, a kind of liberation that can only come from learning to let go of expectation and embrace the moment.

“I think the time away brought us all more maturity, more patience, an ability to see the bigger picture,” says singer/guitarist Evan Friedell. *We all gained a lot of perspective on life and the value of being in a band together.”

Indeed, the heart and soul of Jimkata has always been the enduring bonds between Friedell and his longtime bandmates, guitarist/keyboardist Aaron Gorsch and drummer Packy Lunn. Pals since middle school, the three launched Jimkata in 2005 while attending Ithaca College, where they quickly found an audience for their relentlessly feel-good performances, which grew from local house parties to club, theater, and festival dates on the strength of a series of critically acclaimed albums. Popdose hailed the band’s “bubbly sweetness,” while American Songwriter praised their “organic chemistry,” and Relix raved that the trios sound “proves that rock-based music still has a place in the world of four-on-the-floor beats.”

Big Something

Hailing from the North Carolina countryside, or “The Middle of Nowhere,” as it’s proudlydubbed on their debut album, the 6 headed musical monster known as ‘Big Something hassteadily become one of the most unique and exciting rock bands to emerge from the Southeast.Their musical alchemy is deeply rooted in the strong bond of its members-Nick MacDaniels[lead vocals, guitar], Jesse Hensley [lead guitar, vocals), Casey Cranford [saxophone, EW..”Electronic Wind Instrument*], Ben Vinograd [drums), Josh Kagel (keys, trumpet), and MattLaird [bass].

After over a decade of touring together with 7 full-length studio albums produced by GRAMMY-nominee John Custer and even their own Summer music festival The Big What?, Big Somethinghas emerged as a grassroots phenomenon in the live music community.