Chicago band Course weaves elements of dream-pop, 90s new-wave, alt-electronic, and indie rock into their breezy, ethereal-meets-industrial sound. Fronted by multifaceted lead singer and songwriter Jess Robbins has been writing and performing since she was nine years old. After establishing herself as a solo artist with her acclaimed 2018 release Lightfield, Robbins formed Course in 2019. Course dropped their debut album in 2021: a dreamy, synth-pop collection of intricate narratives drawn from both imagination and real life. Called “dreamy” and “hypnotic” by the Chicago Magazine, Course’s sophomore album Tight Feathers was released in 2023. Course’s third album Hue Mirror delves into more personal territory both physically and emotionally. Diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis in April 2024 after years of pain and misdiagnosis, Robbins crafted the eight songs during a period fraught with unease about her own health and future, transforming elements from her journey into atmospheric cues in her music. All album proceeds will be donated to the SAA to fund further medical research. Hue Mirror is a first-hand account of what it feels like to grapple with an invisible illness and an unpredictable future. There's a human fragility to these songs, juxtaposed by the electronic instruments that swirl around Robbins' voice like wintry weather, surrounding her melodies with clouds of reverb and synthesized sound. At the center of each song is the beating heart of a survivor who refuses to be silenced, even as her pain persists.
Sun Jun 8 2025
7:00 PM (Doors 6:00 PM)
$20.63 - $33.90
All Ages
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Course (Album Release) w. Kevin Andrew Prchal
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Course
Dream Pop
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Kevin Andrew Prchal
Singer-Songwriter
It wouldn’t be an overstatement to refer to Sorrow Sings, the newest full-length from Chicago-area singer/songwriter Kevin Andrew Prchal, as a thesis set to music. Purposefully devoted to opposites: Light and dark; Heaven and Hell; Life and death; Deep love and utter loneliness, etc., Prchal (rhymes with “circle”) explores these territories with the mindset to accept, or even revel in those differences rather than pit them against each other. Even the video clips Prchal filmed with Justin Thompson and Rhapsody Productions for the album are drenched in shadows, shot in black-and-white, and nearly reminiscent of silent movies from days gone by. Upon Prchal’s launch of a Kickstarter campaign earlier this year to finish the album, he mentioned “just as light cannot exist without the dark in a room, I cannot exist without the dark in me. So rather than running from it, or trying to change it, I welcomed it.” The bottom line is that sadness may not have the same sound as joy, but it’s far from voiceless. Hence, the fitting title of this project as Sorrow Sings.
$20.63 - $33.90 All Ages
Chicago band Course weaves elements of dream-pop, 90s new-wave, alt-electronic, and indie rock into their breezy, ethereal-meets-industrial sound. Fronted by multifaceted lead singer and songwriter Jess Robbins has been writing and performing since she was nine years old. After establishing herself as a solo artist with her acclaimed 2018 release Lightfield, Robbins formed Course in 2019. Course dropped their debut album in 2021: a dreamy, synth-pop collection of intricate narratives drawn from both imagination and real life. Called “dreamy” and “hypnotic” by the Chicago Magazine, Course’s sophomore album Tight Feathers was released in 2023. Course’s third album Hue Mirror delves into more personal territory both physically and emotionally. Diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis in April 2024 after years of pain and misdiagnosis, Robbins crafted the eight songs during a period fraught with unease about her own health and future, transforming elements from her journey into atmospheric cues in her music. All album proceeds will be donated to the SAA to fund further medical research. Hue Mirror is a first-hand account of what it feels like to grapple with an invisible illness and an unpredictable future. There's a human fragility to these songs, juxtaposed by the electronic instruments that swirl around Robbins' voice like wintry weather, surrounding her melodies with clouds of reverb and synthesized sound. At the center of each song is the beating heart of a survivor who refuses to be silenced, even as her pain persists.
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