Pinegrove: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Bob Boilen, December 2, 2016 There s a confessional quality to the songs of Pinegrove that feels reassuring. The problems that swirl around Evan Stephens Hall s head feel universal, so it s comforting in Old Friends when he sings, I should call my parents when I think of them, I should tell my friends when I love The New Jersey group s sound feels fresh and scrappy at the same time. Hall and drummer Zack Levine, who ve been friends since they were 7, form the core of Pinegrove. (Their dads play music together, too. ) Together, the band squeezed four songs into their 13minute Tiny Desk concert, with Hall s voice and a spirit of warmheartedness and friendship at the center of it all. Cardinal is available now: iTunes: Amazon: SET LIST Need Angelina Old Friends Waveform MUSICIANS Evan Stephens Hall (vocals, guitar); Nandi Rose Plunkett (keyboard, vocals); Zack Levine (drum