Sounds of Hopscotch 2016 #9: The Dead Tongues

I've been to a festival or two in my day, and while all have been enjoyable, not many come close to capturing the magic of Hopscotch. Around since 2010, this warm and welcoming festival in the warm and welcoming city of Raleigh, NC, keeps getting better and better. The lineup always features big names, buzzy names, names you probably haven't heard yet, and names you soon won't be able to get out of your head. I'm absolutely crushed not to be going this year, but have many suggestions about who to see if you're lucky enough to be heading down 9/8-10. And even if you're not going either, give these folks a listen.

Languages go extinct on a regular basis, but human emotions remain regardless of mother tongue. Newly Asheville-based outfit The Dead Tongues taps in to a range of feelings, all the while soothing the soul with all manner of haunts. 



[posted 9.9.16]