Rare Monk
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DEC
11
2019
Portland, OR
Mississippi Studios
I Was There
JAN
11
2019
Portland, OR
Revolution Hall
I Was There
AUG
05
2017
Portland, OR
Bunk Bar
I Was There
JUL
16
2017
San Pedro, CA
Port of Los Angeles
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JUL
15
2017
Los Angeles, CA
Silverlake Lounge
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JUL
14
2017
San Francisco, CA
Hotel Utah
I Was There
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Ryan
March 31st 2016
Exceptional, one of the best shows I've seen in Portland.
Portland, OR@Doug Fir Lounge
About Rare Monk
Rare Monk is a Portland, OR based indie rock band. They just released their debut full-length album, “A Future” this summer featuring 10 brand new songs recorded in Portland, OR with Skyler Norwood (Blind Pilot, Horsefeathers, Priory) at Miracle Lake Studios. In 2015, Rare Monk released their apocalyptic-tinged self-titled EP, produced by Tom McFall (Weezer, Bloc Party, Snow Patrol, R.E.M.). Single's "Warning Pulse" and "California (Will Burn)" received considerable attention form the blogosphere, college radio, and streaming services such as Spotify. This was the follow-up to 2014's widely lauded 7-inch "Splice/Sleep Attack". The boutique record label, B3SCI Records, released both EPs. In 2016 Rare Monk faced several lineup changes. Their original guitarist and violist left and the once 5-piece became a 4-piece with the addition of lead guitarist and vocalist Hugh Jepson. With the addition of Jepson, Rare Monk started focusing more on writing bigger guitar parts, dueling leads, and beautiful falsetto harmonies. What resulted were ten new songs written and recorded over the course of the last year and a half. The songs deal with death and agency – our control (both individual and as a species) of how the future will play out. “It’s easy to be deterministic – the world’s a shit show right now and it feels like all we can do is make popcorn – so there’s a lot of grappling and grasping for free will.” The songs are also a lot of fun – big guitar fun – a commitment to giant choruses as a medium to discuss humanity’s doom and how we might prevent it. If there’s a unifying theme to the album, it’s that we have control over the music we make, that band practice is chaos under our control and feedback cures all diseases. Portland, OR Indie Rock Band
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Genres:
Experimental Indie Rock Stuff
Band Members:
Dorian Aites - Lead Vocals, Forest Gallien - Bass, Hugh Jepson - Guitar, Rick Buhr - Drums
Hometown:
Portland, Oregon
No upcoming shows
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Live Photos of Rare Monk
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Bandsintown Merch
Circle Hat
$25.0 USD
Live Collage Sweatshirt
$45.0 USD
Rainbow T-Shirt
$30.0 USD
Circle Beanie
$20.0 USD
concerts and tour dates
Past
DEC
11
2019
Portland, OR
Mississippi Studios
I Was There
JAN
11
2019
Portland, OR
Revolution Hall
I Was There
AUG
05
2017
Portland, OR
Bunk Bar
I Was There
JUL
16
2017
San Pedro, CA
Port of Los Angeles
I Was There
JUL
15
2017
Los Angeles, CA
Silverlake Lounge
I Was There
JUL
14
2017
San Francisco, CA
Hotel Utah
I Was There
Show More Dates
Fan Reviews
Ryan
March 31st 2016
Exceptional, one of the best shows I've seen in Portland.
Portland, OR@Doug Fir Lounge
About Rare Monk
Rare Monk is a Portland, OR based indie rock band. They just released their debut full-length album, “A Future” this summer featuring 10 brand new songs recorded in Portland, OR with Skyler Norwood (Blind Pilot, Horsefeathers, Priory) at Miracle Lake Studios. In 2015, Rare Monk released their apocalyptic-tinged self-titled EP, produced by Tom McFall (Weezer, Bloc Party, Snow Patrol, R.E.M.). Single's "Warning Pulse" and "California (Will Burn)" received considerable attention form the blogosphere, college radio, and streaming services such as Spotify. This was the follow-up to 2014's widely lauded 7-inch "Splice/Sleep Attack". The boutique record label, B3SCI Records, released both EPs. In 2016 Rare Monk faced several lineup changes. Their original guitarist and violist left and the once 5-piece became a 4-piece with the addition of lead guitarist and vocalist Hugh Jepson. With the addition of Jepson, Rare Monk started focusing more on writing bigger guitar parts, dueling leads, and beautiful falsetto harmonies. What resulted were ten new songs written and recorded over the course of the last year and a half. The songs deal with death and agency – our control (both individual and as a species) of how the future will play out. “It’s easy to be deterministic – the world’s a shit show right now and it feels like all we can do is make popcorn – so there’s a lot of grappling and grasping for free will.” The songs are also a lot of fun – big guitar fun – a commitment to giant choruses as a medium to discuss humanity’s doom and how we might prevent it. If there’s a unifying theme to the album, it’s that we have control over the music we make, that band practice is chaos under our control and feedback cures all diseases. Portland, OR Indie Rock Band
Show More
Genres:
Experimental Indie Rock Stuff
Band Members:
Dorian Aites - Lead Vocals, Forest Gallien - Bass, Hugh Jepson - Guitar, Rick Buhr - Drums
Hometown:
Portland, Oregon
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