Connected Artists Inc Presents
Friday, May 31, 2024
7 – 9:30 PM
If you have never been to one of our events, here are a few things you should know:
-Attendance is limited
-There is room to sit or stand
-You can BYO (beer, wine, sparkling water)
-Even if you come by yourself, you will meet some great people who love music just as much as you do.
-100 % of your donation goes directly to the artists.
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About Matt Sucich:
Matt Sucich’s last name is pronounced Sue.Sitch, and his new LP Holy Smokes is out now on Five & Dime Records. Here’s what a writer named Mike DiCenzo says about it:
Holy Smokes starts with the punchline. Disorients you, then brings you back home. It’s the kind of record that’s coming and going. You don’t know if it’s gonna slap you on the back or across the face. A gut-punch, a haymaker, three piece and a biscuit. Sucich sings about death and love, and by the end of the record you won’t know which is which. It’s all the same to him, living is just editing, you change your looks, your mind, your friends, your faith, try to get in shape for the afterlife. The songs are a confident strut, nothing chickenhearted about them. Sucich is Hannibal crossing the Alps, telling you tough truths through treacherous terrain. Cut straight to the heart, straight to the point. He’s showing you all his cards, and he’s holding a dead man’s hand. These are songs that see the future and the past with equal clarity. The only unknown is the present. We’re all just getting by, doing what we can, honoring a handshake agreement with something somewhere we can’t quite trust. Sucich is skeptical of everyone – God, country, you, me, and himself. Everyone’s full of shit, no one is beyond reproach, and even the things made with the purest of intentions are out to get you. America the beautiful, she’ll break your heart. Life’s one big joke, and all you can do is laugh. Well, that and keep breathing. – Mike DiCenzo
On the road Matt has most recently toured nationally with Counting Crows, Kathleen Edwards, and May Erlewine. It’s possible you’ve heard Matt on the radio or maybe Montauk & Upper West Side, came up on your weekly algorithms…or maybe not.
Adam Duritz, of Counting Crows, says: “Matt Sucich is my favorite New York songwriter. There is something quintessentially NY school about him. I love the way he writes, the detail of it and the effortless brilliance of his guitar playing.” Dave Holmes, of Esquire Magazine, calls Sucich’s 2021 LP Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself “A good honest talk with a close friend after a tough year.” And No Depression claims “On [2019’s] Thousand Dollar Dinners,
Sucich finds himself at his most authentic & honest, & his absolute best.”
About Troy Millette:
What’s in a song? A dash of creativity, a few fresh rhymes, and a full serving of heart are the recipe for success according to singer/songwriter Troy Millette, who alongside his band the Fire Below has gained recognition as one of the region’s most engaging live acts.
Since emerging on the local circuit in 2009, Millette’s emotive and relatable lyrics have made him a staple of dives, clubs, and festivals across the northeast United States and Quebec. In March 2022 he was invited to showcase his talents at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. That same year, the Fire Below received the title of Vermont’s “Best Folk Group” at the Seven Daysies Awards.
In addition to hundreds of headlining shows, appearances at festivals such as Grace Potter’s Grand Point North, and even a promotional run with Senator Bernie Sanders, Millette and company have shared bills with the likes of Counting Crows, LIVE, Bowling for Soup, Trey Anastasio (of Phish), Richard Marx, Rick Springfield, the Front Bottoms, Marcus King Band, American Authors, Josiah Johnson (of the Head and the Heart), Brett Dennen, Dawes, lovelytheband, the Ballroom Thieves, and many more!
The debut solo EP from Troy Millette entitled “Living With A Ghost” is a five-song collection that Seven Days says is “sure to strike a chord with fans of storytelling Americana troubadours such as [Jason] Isbell and the radio-friendly stylings of Kip Moore.” The singles that followed, “I Miss You,” and “Stay (Please)” have received recognition as a “Monthly Best” from Seven Days Magazine and entertainment blog County Tracks.
Tom Higgenson of Plain White T’s likened the pandemic single “I Miss You” to “classic Tom Petty storytelling, with modern pop repetition.”
The group’s full-band debut, a cover of Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well” is available to stream now.