MUSIC

Happy Place: “Tendrils” Album Release

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2022
8:00 PM

Roulette In Person & Live Stream
509 Atlantic Avenue (entrance on Third Avenue), Boerum Hill, Brooklyn

$20 advance; $25 door; free live stream
TICKETS + INFORMATION

Well, the album was actually released in late 2020 — but we all know that the time between then and now didn’t actually happen. Anyway, back in the ‘70s, we used to snicker at the morons who thought that prog was the kind of rock music that people who listened to classical music liked, when the real classically-influenced rock music was the Velvet Underground and the Stooges. Now though, there are a bunch of prog bands that actually do play classical music (not just bombastic glosses on out-of-date orchestral pops), just as the Velvets and the Stooges did. Drummer/composer Will Mason’s Happy Place is one — and it’s great. And sort of microtonal. And Charlotte Mundy is a member.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: In person, basic bistro at Bacchus. Streaming at home, have a Fugue State: pour 1 oz. Mezcal and 1/2 oz. each of Génépy, Maraschino, and lime juice into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a lime twist.