{"id":701,"date":"2011-07-06T07:08:53","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T11:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=701"},"modified":"2012-07-12T17:14:23","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T21:14:23","slug":"you-wont-sycamore-7211","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2011\/07\/06\/you-wont-sycamore-7211\/","title":{"rendered":"You Won’t, Sycamore, 7\/2\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past Saturday night I ventured out to Sycamore, in Brooklyn, which in the finest New York City multi-tasking tradition is a flower shop by day and a bar \/ live music venue by night. They have shows in the basement, which is tiny,<\/em> but on the plus side, it is air-conditioned. (It is not, however, very well lit, as you will see.)<\/p>\n

I was there to see You Won’t,<\/a> and they were well worth the trip. You Won’t are Josh Arnoudse (guitar, vocals) and Raky Sastri (drums \/ keyboards) and they divide their time between Massachusetts and New York. Their sound alternates between delicate piano-supported indie pop and slow-stompy fuzzy-thrummy guitars and surging drums.<\/p>\n

Their new record is called Skeptic Goodbye<\/em> and you can listen to the entire thing at Bandcamp<\/a>. (If there are any Drivin’n’Cryin’ fans lurking in the audience: click that link, you’ll be glad you did.) Here, as an example, is my favorite song from it, which is called “Dance Moves”, and is a relatively new addition to their live repertoire, and which they very graciously wedged into their set for me at literally the absolute last minute:<\/p>\n