In the relatively fresh wake of Mono in VCF, Hunter Lea has started recording as a solo artist. Freed from the dark, melancholy restrictions of his former band, Lea has settled into a gauzy, psychedelia-inspired mode. His music sounds like a distant memory of the '60s - perhaps an idealized idea of the way music floated through the consciousness of a decade that neither he nor I were alive to experience.

When you see Lea live, it will be with a new band - having rehearsed together for about two weeks - and it will sound miles away from that menacing out-of-towner.

Read my full feature on Hunter Lea here.

Hunter Lea

with Kelli's Starlight Wishes and Michael Gee
Friday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m., $5
The Den @ urbanXchange
1932 Pacific Ave, Tacoma
253.572.2280