The Good Graces release 'Drawn to You'
Indie-folk outfit the Good Graces celebrate its latest release Friday night at the Drunken Unicorn.
- The Good Graces
The Good Graces, a local outit that mixes indie-folk simplicity with singer/guitarist Kim Ware's introspective lyrics, celebrate the release of its latest CD and cassette Drawn to You tomorrow (Fri., May 3) at the Drunken Unicorn.
The story behind album's highlight "Pepper," a song about love and loss, reveals a lot about how Ware writes such personal, heart-felt lyrics. "I had vowed not to write anymore break up songs. Then one day I was walking around my living room, strumming my guitar. I looked down at a photo on our coffee table of my old dog, Pepper, who I had owned with my ex, and started thinking about how that's really the only thing I still have out on display from my past life," she said. "But then remembered a few other objects sort of tucked away here and there, and memories of that time came flooding back, so really quickly I set those thoughts to music."
It's not an entirely sad record, though. "(Everybody's Got a) Bug" is an upbeat number that's also inspired by a pet dog, named Churchill.
The new album was co-released by Ware's Pretty New Songs label and Chapel Hill, N.C.'s Potluck Foundation.
(Everybody's Got a) Bug by the Good Graces
The Good Graces, Night Driving in Small Towns, and Jeffrey Bützer and the Compartmentalizationalists play the Drunken Unicorn on Fri., May 3. $5. 9 p.m. 736 Ponce DeLeon Ave.