Originally from Cincinnati, Sam Hoffman is an indie rock musician based in Nashville. His latest release, Books on Tape, was called “‘60s and ‘70s post-Beatles pop as filtered through the lens of, say, The Olivia Tremor Control” by the Nashville Scene. The album was also recorded by bandmate Drew Carroll at The Bomb Shelter – the same studio as Mitski’s This Land is Inhospitable and So Are We. More recently, Hoffman has played at Nashville’s own Musicians Corner music festival, opened for Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü & Sugar at Third Man’s Blue Room, and is currently writing his third album. Hoffman’s music has been featured in publications such as Aquarium Drunkard, Nashville Scene, Obscure Sound, any various others. WRVU Nashville says, “Hoffman’s laid back rock tinged with acoustic and steel guitars is the perfect thing to start a September evening at the park.”