MJ Lenderman with Spencer Radcliffe

Jake Lenderman lives in Asheville, NC, plays guitar in the indie band Wednesday, sometimes fishes on the Pigeon River, and creates his own music as MJ Lenderman. His latest solo release with Dear Life Records is titled Boat Songs. Lenderman describes the album as his most polished sound to date: built around songs that “chase fulfillment and happiness”-whether that means buying a boat, drinking too much, or watching seeds fall from the bird feeder.”
Spencer Radcliffe is a songwriter and musician from southern Ohio. Often joined by the ever-shifting backing band Everyone Else, Radcliffe makes uncompromising records for the real heads, far-out freaks, and ever suspicious straight shooters. While the music tends to avoid stylistic constants, one can be sure to find the lyric sheet full of two-thirds baked observations on all the classic roadblocks to total peace: time, illusion of purpose, the mirage of security, and so on.