HOPMONK PRESENTS

MISNER & SMITH

Sunday Matinee Series

HopMonk Sebastopol - The Abbey

FULLY SEATED | ALL AGES

ABOUT: 

Northern California-based unclassifiable duo Misner & Smith have been sitting with iterations of their new album All is Song for six years. The group—consisting of Sam Misner and Megan Smith—began conceiving of the project in 2017, and writing came in fits and starts from that time until the pandemic slowed all activities to a halt. This unforeseen pause carried an unexpected gift amongst the chaos and tragedy of the era; Misner & Smith had time to pause, breathe, and reflect on these songs. They had time to digest them, perform them, and work on them in a way they had never imagined possible. The music went through an incubation period, and as such, is the most acutely powerful and transformative music of Misner & Smith’s career. The album title comes to life, and after listening to All is Song you can’t help but hear this philosophy everywhere: walking down the street, overhearing conversations, listening to the refrigerator grumble. The beauty of Misner & Smith is in the way they transform all moments—the mundane and spectacular alike—into breathtakingly beautiful music.