PLAYGROUND BOSTON

Make your way to T.T. the Bear’s place on Wednesday night and you will definitely see some familiar faces, as this week’s trip over the hump will be filled with sounds in the air from some of the Boston independent music scene’s more prolific & industrious cast members.

Sophie Innerfield’s recently solo-only venture, Highly Personal Trash, allegedly won’t be so solo after all.  This siren’s stirring yet picturesque vocal melodies are rumored to be accompanied not just by her undulating modes on keys alone, but also by the multi-talented Chaetan Newell (St. Helena) on drums, thus further complimenting the mysterious drive of her otherwise haunting compositions.

Speaking of Newell, following HPT will be his personal outfit, Croquet, celebrating their CD release.   Newell’s self-proclaimed “inexorable right to do whatever he wants,” Croquet’s clean but involved guitar patterns shimmer and dance over active-to-pensive drumming while the dual-vocal fronting of Newell and sideman Thomas Parr tell the story.

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