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The chairman dances
Philadelphia-based outfit The Chairman Dances have developed a distinctive amalgamation of indie rock, art pop and folk. Led by songwriter Eric Krewson, the band direct this sound into a compassionate and searching style, drawing on a range of literary and theological themes to explore political and spiritual ideas, and ask questions as pressing now as they have ever been. -Jon Doyle, Various Small Flames
Praise for The Chairman Dances
Winsome and winning indie pop songs on the latest from The Chairman Dances, where erudite lyrics are cradled by gorgeous arrangements. -Bandcamp
Art rock luminaries... this is a sparkling record - WXPN
My new favorite band... lyrically adventurous, harmonically intricate - T. Robinson, BBC
Notable performance collaborations
The Chairman Dances has shared the stage with Ten Fé, Rhett Miller (Old 97s), Work Drugs, Kopecky, Half-handed Cloud, and Hey Marseilles.
The Chairman Dances’ new album, Evening Song, out 10/11/24
Synopsis
Evening Song is the story of two people intoxicated with each other. Maggie and Chris have recently met, just started dating. Each sees the other as both impossibly attractive and illegible. They want to spend all of their time together, and they spend a good deal of it that way. They talk. A lot. Maggie tells Chris her life story and Chris reciprocates. She leans. They kiss.
Evening Song began as a poem. The main textual difference between the poem and album is that their scenes are flipped. The poem begins at a lake and ends at Maggie’s apartment on a seminary campus. The album starts at Maggie’s apartment, ends at the lake. Both scenes take place during the evening. On the album, these evenings are divided by night, represented by a nocturne.
