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SUMMARY:Bandits on the Run
DESCRIPTION:Between their innovative arrangements\, instrument swapping\, scope of emotions and experiences\nconveyed in their songwriting\, and an eclectic group of old friends and collaborators\, NYC-based trio Bandits on the\nRun are truly living up to what they call their “ethos of artmaking” on their new album\, Rough Magic.\n“With a reverence for imperfection\, grit\, commitment\, an acceptance that chaos is inevitable\, and a deep\ngratitude for the friendships that are truly the foundation for everything — ‘Rough Magic\,’ like love\, is both a noun\nand a verb. It’s the goal and the method. It’s the god we’re evoking and welcoming into the room with each song\nwe write and each show we play. At our core\, we’re NYC buskers. We’re throwing our jackets on the ground and\nplaying troubadour style — timeless and evergreen. We know the alchemy at play when you dare to believe that\nan empty section of a subway platform full of strangers can turn into a concert hall with new friends. None of this\nis perfect\, or requires permission\, it only asks that you dare your heart to be seen — even with all the rough edges.\nBecause it’s rough\, it’s magic\,” the band says.\nWith rotating lead vocals and varied instrumentation\, the trio of Adrian Blake Enscoe\, Sydney Shepherd\,\nand Regina Strayhorn evoke the 60s and 70s spirit of bands like Fleetwood Mac\, The Mamas and the Papas\, and\nThe Velvet Underground while also carrying the sonic inventiveness of the modern folk power pop acts like First\nAid Kit\, Bonnie Light Horsemen\, and Lucius. They swim in the same lyrical waves as I’m With Her\, Folk Bitch Trio\,\nThe Staves\, and other trios featuring impeccable harmonies and elevated songwriting so good they make the\nbalancing act seem simple.\nThe band’s sophomore full-length\, Rough Magic\, is about friends — how we connect with them (or fail\nto)\, how we fight with them\, and most importantly\, how we love them. It’s a testament and a celebration of what’s\npossible when making something from nothing with your nearest and dearest. Relationships\, old and new\, are the\nheart of this LP. “We hope Rough Magic will be a friend to you in these uncertain times\,” they share. “Whether\nyou’re at the top of a mountain\, lost and alone in the depths of a dark wood\, or just vibing down winding roads in a\ntiny French car.”\nProduced by William Garrett (Electracraft\, lead producer Spotify Singles) and engineered by Carl Bespolka\n(Live at Electric Lady)\, Rough Magic was recorded over the course of three seasons in 2025 — in part at THUMP\nstudios in Greenpoint\, BK but primarily in a tucked-away house in the Catskill Mountains\, a few hours north of New\nYork City\, offered as a writing refuge by generous friends. It was springtime\, and the windy roads so perfectly\nbrought William–who was en route to a Catskills car garage in his own tiny French car–Sydney\, Adrian\, and Regina\ntogether in some sort of fated Upstate NY/French connection. A quick pit stop for lunch at the house turned into\nlengthy artistic talks. Regina shares\, “The house had been converted from its former life as a church\, and sonically\,\nyou could tell the place was built for lingering sound. You could practically see the wheels turning in William’s head\nwhen he mentioned ‘You know\, we could really make an album here…’ And so (spoiler alert!) we did.”\nThe sounds from that cozy house in the mountains are woven into the songs themselves. The reverb of\nthe living room\, the birdsong out the window\, the babbling brook down the road\, the car in the driveway\, and \neven the murmur of peepers (little frogs that live in Upstate streams and ponds) all found their way as music\nconcrète into Rough Magic. Adrian explains\, “For this album\, we were inspired to capture the environment around\nus and honor the house where so many of these songs were written.”\nCombined with a field trip to the veritable gearheads’ paradise that is THUMP studios in Brooklyn with the\nBandits playing around with unexpected instruments and machines including a Roland TR-808\, a Wurlitzer & a\nRhodes played simultaneously by Sydney and Adrian\, and more\, Rough Magic is at times cinematic\, lush\, and\nsprawling\, and at other times so intimate\, raw\, and pulled back you can practically feel the sweaters hanging in the\ncloset that the Bandits converted into a vocal booth. \n“Of course\, we couldn’t keep NYC out of this album\, so we spent a few days at THUMP studios–a word-of-\nmouth recording studio headed by vintage equipment magician Richard Levengood\,” Sydney says. “It often feels \nlike a fever dream version of Santa’s workshop where talented people can be found soldering together audio\nequipment instead of toy trucks.” Adrian adds\, “And we roped in a few artists we admire to play in the Brooklyn\nsessions: Sam D’Agostino on bass and Dan Holodak on drums. Both are longtime friends and collaborators who\nhave joined us onstage\, and we are so in love with the energy and artistry they brought to their tracks on the\nalbum.”\nAfter a springtime session in the Catskills\, the summer session at Thump\, and one final winter session\nback Upstate\, Bandits on the Run mastered the album with the great Oscar Zambrano of Zampol Productions\,\nanother frequent collaborator and friend. At the end of the session\, Oscar pulled up a picture taken in the same\nroom years before\, when they worked on the Bandits’ first LP The Criminal Record.\n“We all looked younger\, but not so distant from our current selves. Something we were starting to learn\nthen\, and have learned time and time again\, is that what you make is less important than who you make it with\,”\nsays Regina. “The cheat code for us has always been that if you surround yourself with good people\, chances are\nthe art will be something you’re proud of. And we are so incredibly proud of Rough Magic.”\n“This album would not have happened without the support of people who believe in what Banditry is all\nabout\,” Sydney explains\, noting that Rough Magic was funded by donations. “Each step of the way\, the people\nwho surround us have been so generous with their time\, talent\, money\, and spirit.” Adrian adds\, “When we listen\nto these tracks\, we feel all the love our chosen family has poured into this record. And we feel the pull of chosen\nfamily yet to come that these songs will draw us towards.”\nBandits on the Run take their harmony-driven collectivist folk pop with them wherever they go\, inviting us\nall to be on the run with them. On the heels of Rough Magic’s release\, Bandits on the Run will support Alan Doyle\non his coast-to-coast US tour in 2026 and perform at festivals including Kerrville Folk Festival and Sisters Folk\nFestival. Never far from their theatrical roots\, they are also creating the stage musical adaptation of the novel\nWhat’s Eating Gilbert Grape with actor-musician-longtime-friend Christopher Sears and newfound friend Academy\nAward Nominee Peter Hedges.\n“We hope that this album is a reminder that something can be made from nothing\, a chance encounter\ncan become your greatest hope\, and there is always a curve coming down the road. We hope this record keeps\nyou curious. Just never lose sight of the Rough Magic shining through us all.”
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CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Seven (August 8–15),Popular Entertainment & Concerts
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