Pinegrove

Formed in 2010 by childhood friends Evan Stephens Hall and drummer Zack Levine,

Pinegrove have released four albums — Everything So Far, Cardinal, Skylight, and

Marigold (2020) — to widespread critical acclaim, garnering them a growing and

devoted listenership. They’ve described their sound as variously as ‘introspective party

music’, or ‘energetic music in the folk tradition’; in any case, they have combined

catharsis and inventive structures with irrepressible melodies, resonant lyrics and

emotive twang.

 Zack describes Pinegrove as “a constellation of soulmates.” Zack and Evan have known

each other for 26 years and been playing music together for 21, communicating via a

“telepathic musical connection.” Nearly everyone they work with are friends and

collaborators from way back. Their most recent release, a live album recorded at the

band’s previous studio and home, Amperland, NY, features Evan, Zack, Josh Marre,

Megan Benavente, Sam Skinner as well as appearances from Nandi Rose, Nick

Levine, Michael Levine and Doug Hall. Sam also engineered and co-produced the

record, as he has on every Pinegrove recording since 2015.