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NONA INVIE (they/she) is a singer/composer based in Minneapolis that has worked with a range of musical projects, including singer-songwriter Angel Olsen, slowcore heroes LOW, Folk Americana band Dark Dark Dark, electronic trio RONiiA, and the choral ensemble Anonymous Choir.

Their solo work layers acoustic piano with synth instruments, submerging the listener in an ethereal landscape led by the incomparable beauty of Invie’s voice. Nona recently released their newest single "Love Is Like That”, the third song shared off the Minneapolis singer/composer's upcoming LP SELF-SOOTHING which is an immersive listen, steeped in catharsis and sonic healing. The album is due out February 28, 2025 via Boiled Records.


You can learn more about the artist on their website www.nonainvie.com or their Insta @nonainvia

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OCCURRENCE are Ken Urban (he/him), Cat Hollyer (she/her) and Johnny Hager (he/him). Based in New York City’s neighborhood of Washington Heights, the band formed in 2015 when Ken reached out to his college friend Cat on social media after not seeing her for twenty years.

Ken asked Cat if she would sing on his new music. They collaborated remotely on their first release 2016’s THE PAST WILL LAST FOREVER. When they began to perform the album live, they invited Ken’s boyfriend Johnny Hager to join as an additional vocalist and he officially joined the band to record EVERYONE KNOWS THE DISASTER IS COMING, released in 2018.

In 2020, the trio released a third album I HAVE SO MUCH LOVE TO GIVE which radically expanded their sound to include guitars and strings. The album’s twelve tracks charted the start and end of a romantic relationship, inspired by French writer Roland Barthes’s A LOVER'S DISCOURSE. The trio followed that album up with 2023’s SLOW VIOLENCE, a double album hailed by PLASTIC MAGAZINE as “a sonic tapestry that blends elements of indie pop, electronic music and shoegaze into a seamless whole.”

Their new album REAL FRIEND will be released in February and the single off the album, IMPERFECT ROBOTS is being exclusively sneak previewed for our audience here today. You can follow the band via their website at www.occurrencemusic.com or on Insta at @occurrencemusic