Miracle Legion
w/ Spanish For Hitchhiking
Thursday, June 20
Doors 7pm / Show 8pm
$18 Member / $20 General Admission Advance / $25 GA Day of show
All ages / Standing
Miracle Legion formed in the the 80s and became a cult hit following acclaim from the likes of NME and Melody Maker, and the release of their debut album on Rough Trade Records. They released several albums and toured the US and Europe. They split in the 90s and did other things.
Singer Mark Mulcahy would go on to form Polaris and make solo records and Scott Boutier and Dave MaCaffrey joined up with Frank Black and became The Catholics.
Miracle Legion came back together in 2016 and played a bunch of shows all over the US and the UK, including their last ever show in San Francisco. Well that was a scam, and now they are back at it again. They told a lie, but the truth is out. ML 2024!!!
Surprise Surprise Surprise changed the way I thought about songs and singing. Mark's was the most beautiful voice I'd ever heard.” - Thom Yorke, Radiohead
“If all the praise about REM was true, then they’d be Miracle Legion.” - Melody Maker
‘An intelligent, thoughtful band capable of making you think twice about their lyrics while still managing to rock your face off. We should all be rejoicing that Miracle Legion is back on tour.' - GLIDE Magazine
'A hellish rock band.' - UNCUT Magazine
About Spanish For Hitchhiking:
Spanish For Hitchhiking has been part of the vibrant Western Massachusetts music scene since 2001. The band: Dennis Crommett (vocals and guitar), Dave Chalfant (guitar), Max Germer (bass), and Dave Hower (drums). The band’s latest record WILD LOVE was released in summer 2021.
Crommett, Germer, and Hower are also members of the well-known Massachusetts indie folk rock band Winterpills.
In 2012, SFH recorded a cover of “El Clavo Y La Cruz” with Black Francis (Pixies), for A Tribute To Repo Man on American Laundromat Records. Black Francis also joined SFH at a show for two songs (watch video here), and Dennis opened a few Black Francis solo shows in the Northeast.
"Spanish For Hitchhiking takes you on a ride. Vitality and volume coalesce in the most effervescent album to come down the pike in a long time. Buckle up!" - Grant-Lee Phillips
"Spanish For Hitchhiking make indie rock the way the kids used to, pre-white-belt emo and Hello Kitty cute, with abraded minor-chord guitar accents underscoring singer/guitarist Dennis Crommett’s unpretty, rumpled-guy laments." -Jonathan Perry
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