Hailing from Seattle, by way of Brooklyn, by way of Reykjavik, by way of Wisconsin, the Foghorns have clearly picked up some odd influences from desolate places. Using country and folk as a bed, the band adorns its songs with borrowed sounds from punk, new wave, zydeco and Hawaiian music, all tinged with a lo-fi style that can bring to mind Old World field recordings or outsider artists like Daniel Johnston.

"I took a Fulbright Fellowship to go to Iceland, to get out of New York for a while, and once I got there I ended up staying," says lead vocalist Bart Cameron. "It was an enormous change. I was just kind of writing songs in Wisconsin with my friends, hanging out on the fringe of the bluegrass scene, which I didn't really enjoy anyway. (In Iceland) you didn't really have to play one style of music. I got pulled into a bunch of music projects, and when I would play as the Foghorns, I would always do random stuff and it was accepted. I started doing lots of live shows and changing the way I wrote music.

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Foghorns

With guests
Friday, Dec. 2, 7 p.m., cover TBA
The Den @ urbanXchange, 1932 Pacific Ave., Tacoma
253.722.9987