Maneka

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Doors: 19:00 w/ Special Guests: The Zells, Sad Bulldog, Addict Brain In addition to past work in bands Speedy Ortiz and Grass is Green, Devin McKnight has long written his own music as Maneka, releasing his solo debut Is You Is in 2017. On 2022’s Dark Matters, McKnight set out to explore the full range of his experiences as a studio and touring musician, delivering a striking, unclassifiable mesh of genre influence through which McKnight deftly explored the anxieties of working as a Black man in majority white indie rock spaces. On his 2025 follow-up, bathes and listens, McKnight focuses his vision on Maneka’s musical identity, resulting in a more grounded album that still tests the extremes of McKnight’s songwriting talent. Elements of shoegaze and slowcore are prominent, but engineer Alex Farrar's exceptional production (Wednesday, Snail Mail, MJ Lenderman) makes bathes and listens cohesive, yet still distinct from any one style. This Event Is All Ages All Sales Are Final.