Phosphorescent (USA)
with Okkervil River (solo)
Corner Hotel (Richmond, VIC)
Thursday, 16 January 2025 7:30 pm
THIS SHOW IS STRICTLY 18+
Phosphorescent’s 2013 album Muchacho spent a week in the UK Top 75 Charts, now sitting at over 164 million Spotify streams. The 2024 release Revelator saw him confront his self-doubt and anxieties about the future whilst reclaiming a child-like wonder towards the world, praised by Aquarium Drunkard as “an album that transmutes the doubt and frustrations of the last few years into sounds that soar.”
An album of elegant gravity, Revelator captures some of the drastic life changes Houck experienced the past five years. Unfolding over nine songs, the underlying melancholy of Phosphorescent’s music remains, extending seamlessly from the stories begun in previous works Muchacho and C’est La Vie. Mastering his unique blend of rugged soundscapes and ethereal atmospherics, the earnest album wrestles with an ongoing, ambient sense of dread whilst looking to a new horizon.
Challenging his usual tendencies during the creative process and confronting his internal monologue of self doubt, Houck says, “This record is a lot more open-ended and ephemeral,”
“I like that the record restrains itself the entire time until the last song lays it all out there - I needed to have some strength, to not quit. I needed it to say, Yeah, we got this.”
Originally from Huntsville, Alabama and currently based in Nashville, Tennessee, Houck blends elements of country and indie rock to form his trademark brand of Americana. He has supported the likes of Death Cab for Cutie, Father John Misty and The National as well as playing the world’s biggest music festivals including Lollapalooza, Glastonbury and Outside Lands.
Navigating through existentialism, illness, addiction, fatherhood and marriage, Phosphorescent has always invited listeners to take a front row seat in the highs and lows of his life.
Joining Phosphorescent as support is Texan Okkervil River. Frontman and revered singer/songwriter Will Sheff is set to perform a special solo set of cherished Okkervil River tracks from the band's career spanning catalogue with gems like “Lost Coastlines”, “Unless It Kicks”, “Westfall”, “For Real” and many more.
With high industry praise from folks like the New York Times, Rolling Stone and NPR, to admiring fans like Barack Obama and the late Lou Reed, Will Sheff has earned himself the reputation as one America’s greatest songwriters. Releasing nine studio albums to acclaim, Okkervil River has toured the globe selling out headline shows and performing sets on some of the world’s biggest festival stages including Coachella, Lollapalooza and more.
Corner strives to create a safe space that everyone can enjoy.
Crowd surfing & dangerous behaviour will result in removal from the venue.
Full conditions of entry. | Accessibility Info
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Phosphorescent’s 2013 album Muchacho spent a week in the UK Top 75 Charts, now sitting at over 164 million Spotify streams. The 2024 release Revelator saw him confront his self-doubt and anxieties about the future whilst reclaiming a child-like wonder towards the world, praised by Aquarium Drunkard as “an album that transmutes the doubt and frustrations of the last few years into sounds that soar.”
An album of elegant gravity, Revelator captures some of the drastic life changes Houck experienced the past five years. Unfolding over nine songs, the underlying melancholy of Phosphorescent’s music remains, extending seamlessly from the stories begun in previous works Muchacho and C’est La Vie. Mastering his unique blend of rugged soundscapes and ethereal atmospherics, the earnest album wrestles with an ongoing, ambient sense of dread whilst looking to a new horizon.
Challenging his usual tendencies during the creative process and confronting his internal monologue of self doubt, Houck says, “This record is a lot more open-ended and ephemeral,”
“I like that the record restrains itself the entire time until the last song lays it all out there - I needed to have some strength, to not quit. I needed it to say, Yeah, we got this.”
Originally from Huntsville, Alabama and currently based in Nashville, Tennessee, Houck blends elements of country and indie rock to form his trademark brand of Americana. He has supported the likes of Death Cab for Cutie, Father John Misty and The National as well as playing the world’s biggest music festivals including Lollapalooza, Glastonbury and Outside Lands.
Navigating through existentialism, illness, addiction, fatherhood and marriage, Phosphorescent has always invited listeners to take a front row seat in the highs and lows of his life.
Joining Phosphorescent as support is Texan Okkervil River. Frontman and revered singer/songwriter Will Sheff is set to perform a special solo set of cherished Okkervil River tracks from the band's career spanning catalogue with gems like “Lost Coastlines”, “Unless It Kicks”, “Westfall”, “For Real” and many more.
With high industry praise from folks like the New York Times, Rolling Stone and NPR, to admiring fans like Barack Obama and the late Lou Reed, Will Sheff has earned himself the reputation as one America’s greatest songwriters. Releasing nine studio albums to acclaim, Okkervil River has toured the globe selling out headline shows and performing sets on some of the world’s biggest festival stages including Coachella, Lollapalooza and more.
Corner strives to create a safe space that everyone can enjoy.
Crowd surfing & dangerous behaviour will result in removal from the venue.
Full conditions of entry. | Accessibility Info
Can't make the event? Sell your tickets fast and fair through our resale partner Tixel!