Vancouver folk singer — and former Moose Javian — Zach Kleisinger is bringing his distinct sound to the Friendly City, where he and his trio will entertain concertgoers with some of his newest material.
The folk music performance takes place at the public library theatre on Tuesday, Oct. 22, with the doors opening at 7:15 p.m. and Kleisinger and his fellow musicians hitting the stage at 8 p.m. Tickets are $13 in advance or $15 at the door.
Advance tickets can also be purchased for $25, which would include a seven-inch vinyl record featuring two of Kleisinger’s newest songs. Tickets can be purchased at www.eventbrite.com.
“There is a distinct vulnerability in Zach Kleisinger’s music. With a voice that is deep, slow, and soaked in sorrow, the young Canadian reflects on the human condition with stories that chronicle everyday moments,” his Facebook page says.
“The characters in his songs are crushed by broken relationships, financial problems, failing careers, and are oftentimes unable to understand their own anguish. They are possessed by love and introspection, by their passions and aspirations; but are seldom guilty of refusing their own failures and flaws.
“These characters exist in a world of sweeping melodies that are stripped-down and minimal; leaving those who live there with an underlying hope and yearning for the future. Zach Kleisinger’s songs will sink into deeper places within while reminding us of the brevity of our time on this earth.”
His second EP, I Hope It’s Calm, Then was released in March 2018 to much acclaim. The album has since garnered more than 250,000 streams on Spotify, landing in the popular Spotify-curated playlist, Folk & Friends. More recently, he released You Should Hold Me and Lower Your Book.
The EP began in Montreal when the songwriter was closing out a cross-Canada tour. The album is raw, honest, and asks the listener to reflect on how temporary life is.
“I think that’s how the recording of these songs began, in that they were built on a feeling that something inside of me was no longer,” said Kleisinger on his Facebook page. “I look at it now and see that I had a collection of small crisis building on top of one another. There were a few failed relationships, I had run into some trouble with the law, and many people had come and gone from my life in a very short period of time. There wasn't much around that I trusted.”
He is no stranger to the road, having toured Canada three times and will close out the year with shows in the United Kingdom and Europe.
Visit zachkleisinger.com or Facebook for more information about the talented musician.
