Join Canadian Bands Laura Hickli and Quiet Winter at Kirk’s Grocery as they tour brand-new music on grief and recovery following a major vehicle accident last year.
LAURA HICKLI (ART POP)
Sounds like: Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, Kate Bush, Joanna Newsom, Lana Del Ray, Regina Spektor
Laura Hickli (Mohkínstsis/Calgary) is an internationally touring progressive art pop songstress known for her tightly arranged dreamy soundscapes, exquisite vocals, evocative lyrics, and emotionally powerful performances. The classically trained pianist was homeschooled in a conspiracy-laden religious household where she honed her ability to reflect deeply felt emotions through dynamic, textured, and technical songwriting and production.
During the tour of her latest record ‘Both Feet In The World, At Least I Can Stand,’ (North Pole Records) Laura and her band suffered a serious motor vehicle accident that left Laura with PTSD and a traumatic head injury. After nearly a year in recovery, she emerges with gripping and exceedingly personal new music birthed during her chaotic grieving process.
Hickli has a knack for creating art out of life’s ebbs and offering a small gift of resilience to the returning tides. A performer in several award-winning projects, Hickli’s personal works continue to receive radio play on CBC, BBC+, Top Album of the Year awards, and accolades from The Big Takeover, Cups N Cakes and more.
Currently preparing to record her new album ‘stranger to myself’ at The National Music Centre and embark on a two-month international tour this summer, Hickli’s developing story offers a fresh and inviting look at what life can be, while carrying the foundations of her spellbindingly intimate, yet explosive brand of dark process-music.
www.laurahickliofficial.com // @laurahickli
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QUIET WINTER (AMBIENT POST ROCK)
Sounds like: Planning for Burial, Jesu, The Angelic Process
Quiet Winter is an internationally-touring ambient post-rock band fronted by Canadian composer Brandon Garay. The project initially emerged after a workplace injury limited the use of their hands, but quickly revealed Garay’s unique ability to arrange ambient sounds into emotionally alive and dynamic creations. Escapism was the first of their five releases to have garnered attention, charting independent radio stations and receiving glowing accolades from Canadian press including Cups N Cakes Pod and Tome to the Weather Machine.
Quiet Winter’s upcoming record ‘Action Painting’ promises to be their most explorative and personal release to date, featuring songs the band toured across North America last year before a traumatic motor vehicle accident halted their plans and left them questioning what it meant to be artists, and what it meant to be alive. ‘Action Painting’ will branch off from the dark ambience of their latest release ‘Peppermint Tea ‘ into a cinematic cacophony of sound with a quiet bliss at its core; promising comfortable lavender-scented evenings spent stretching on the floor, heartbreaking self-reflection, and the energetic anticipation of devouring a mosh pit for the first time.
A member in both Western Canadian Music Award-winning art-rock band 36? and beloved progressive art pop songstress Laura Hickli, Garay is no stranger to fully embracing life’s versatile offerings, and returns to the road this June on a two-month summer tour; this time with new music and a new perspective.
@quietwinter
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About the venue: Kirk’s Grocery
We are an art gallery and all ages performance space located in Billings, Montana dedicated to showing contemporary art from local, regional, national, and international artists that fall outside of the typical Western Art that is associated with Montana galleries.
Our philosophy of giving unusual art a platform extends to the performance space where Kirks’ hosts DIY all ages shows and events featuring everything from spoken word poetry to experimental musical performances and DIY touring musicians along with independent film and documentaries.
Kirks’ is a community oriented center for all ages and abilities. We now offer the chance to become a member and support us in a number of capacities. You can purchase a monthly membership that gets you admission to every event, you can volunteer to work the door, sell refreshments, and help set up for the musical performances.
Kirks’ Grocery was established in September 2018 by artist/musician Shane de Leon as a contemporary art gallery and performance space dedicated to showcasing art and performers that fall outside of the stereotypical notion of what “Western Art” can be.
The gallery resides in the original Kirks’ Grocery location on Minnesota Avenue, a building that had been vacant for years.
Kirks’ Grocery is dedicated to building a community cultural scene based around art, music, and poetry modeled off of the many European punk collectives that Shane has performed at and visited over the years.
This is your community and Kirks’ Grocery is a creative force for positive change. Let’s do it together.
