Peter McPoland is rehearsing with his longtime band and personally building gear for an upcoming tour. He embraced hands-on, old-school approaches while recording his sophomore album, Big Lucky, opting for reel-to-reel tape instead of computer-based tracks. McPoland unplugged from social media, bought a flip-phone, ditched Spotify and relied on an iPod filled with Beatles songs during the process. The resulting album contains vibrant indie-pop songs. McPoland rose to fame with the viral Romeo & Juliet and will perform Nov. 8 at August Hall in San Francisco, with tickets starting at $23.
"He's been rehearsing a lot at his Los Angeles pad with his band of longtime pals, who will back him on the road show that includes a Bay Area stop. Yet, on this particular day, McPoland is just putting the finishing touches on a keyboard shelf that he's building for the tour. You usually buy them off the internet, says the indie-pop singer-songwriter, who was born in Vermont and raised in Texas. But I made it last week. I'm finishing that today. That's my goal."
"That is underscored on the recently released sophomore full-length Big Lucky, which found this former Internet sensation who first came to fame with the viral hit Romeo & Juliet unplugging from social media and web life in general to focus on recording music in a more old-school way. He bought a flip-phone (no joke) and ditched Spotify, in favor of an iPod stacked with Beatles tunes,"
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