Wednesday, March 14   8:00 p.m.
The Tap Room at Six   (117 W 4th St)

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  Tacks, the Boy Disaster - Frozen Feet
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With a sound too expansive to be labeled purely as indie rock, Tacks, the Boy Disaster offers thoughtful and imaginative lyricism, solid musical hooks and rich instrumentation reminiscent of late-60's/early-70's pop. Yet the band, whose moniker is derived from a minor character in a forgotten children's book, has managed to reconcile their brilliant pop sensibility and familiarity with their taste for the unexpected. These little musical surprises, ranging from a juxtaposition of melancholy lyrics with sunshine-y harmonies à la Harry Nilsson ("Forget-Me-Not") to whirling piano lines ("Frozen Feet") are what set Tacks' sound apart from their indie peers.

After only eight months together, Evan Jacobs (vocals/keys), a founding member of Midlake who also moonlights with the Polyphonic Spree, and the rest of the band - Jason Friedrich (drums), Nathan Stein (guitar), and Alán Uribe (bass/vocals) – recorded Oh, Beatrice in Jacobs' house with equipment they borrowed from friends, and later brought on Erik Wofford (My Morning Jacket, Voxtrot, Explosions in the Sky) for mixing duties. Released in July '06, Oh, Beatrice received glorious reviews from local press and became an immediate buzz in the blogoshpere.