Called a “band you have to see live” by Buckeye Music Magazine, Akron-based, jam/rock band Aliver Hall will be returning to Casa Nueva in-between festivals to showcase a concert they promise to be dynamic.
Called a “band you have to see live” by Buckeye Music Magazine, Akron-based, jam/rock band Aliver Hall will be returning to Casa Nueva in-between festivals to showcase a concert they promise to be dynamic.
“We really love the venue,” said Jim Garibaldi, lead member of Aliver Hall. “Everyone loves Casa. We always have a good time, and we love Athens too.”
Garibaldi and Aliver Hall’s love of Athens is what has brought them back so many times before. They said that they love not only the town’s excitement for music, but its good, “non-uptight atmosphere” and culture makes it all appealing.
Anyone expecting to see a similar-type show from the Ohio-based band, however, should change their expectations before they get to the door.
“With this show, we are bringing out an increased production, with a lighting designer there to try to bring a festival atmosphere into Casa,” Garibaldi said. “That is what we like to do. We don’t like to think of it as being a regular show. We try to bring up a festival vibe, and try to bring in a unique show experience.”
Although Aliver Hall typically finds itself touring quite frequently leading up to the colder months of the year, this year is going to find the band performing live a little bit less. The group is currently working on its third album, which has been in the works for about a year.
The album is being recorded in the Akron-based studio Central 8 Studios. Sound mixer and designer Nathan Doutt is among the primary members working on the album. The earliest Garibaldi predicts the album will be released is this fall or winter.
“We do have a really organic process as far as tracking as much live music as we can, by cramming as many musicians as possible into the soundstage,” Doutt said. “With the band adjusting, some parts of the album are being reworked and retooled at the moment. So it’s unclear just how far along in the process we are at this point.”
Aliver Hall, especially with this album, is striving to make the album have a different sound than the band’s typical live recordings. The band members try as hard as they can to “throw out” their live sound in the studio so as to produce something fresh and, at times, unable to be produced live.
“Musically speaking, we’re constantly coming up with new material,” Garibaldi said. “I would say that we are not afraid to experiment, but at the same time we have a sound about ourselves that we try to keep in our music at all times.”
Following the performance at Casa, Aliver Hall will be making its way up to the Pink Moon Festival on Sept. 11-13 in Rock Camp, West Virginia.
“It is with this in mind that one of our aims has always been to showcase bands, like Aliver Hall, that form the foundation of our scene,” said Jessica Abramson of the Pink Moon Festival and Rock Camp Productions.
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