Dave Hause – 9/13

“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be in a rock and roll band.”

Dave Hause had an epiphany rewatching Goodfellas. “There’s that scene in the beginning where Henry Hill says, ‘As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.’” The Philly-bred, California-based singer-songwriter always longed to be in a different kind of mob.

“This record is my realization that, as far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be in a rock and roll band. This record is that rock and roll band distilled into 10 songs.”

“This is the first time I’ve taken that band into the studio and been like, ‘No matter what, damn the torpedoes, we are going to sound the way we sound. I’m not going to Nashville and getting the murderers row of players. This is our sound,’” says Hause of the mission statement for …And The Mermaid, which is being released on Hause’s Blood Harmony label.

Nearly 20 years into his career, the collection represents several firsts: the entire band contributed to the songwriting process; it includes Hause’s first cover on an album of originals (a rendition of “Bible Passages” by Tim McIlrath of Rise Against); and it’s the first time he’s recorded outside the U.S.

The band and producer Gander tracked over 20 songs in two weeks. Hause says the collaboration went well and that they’ve “cultivated a ton of trust and transparency.” He credits having other voices in the studio while retaining final say as bandleader.

After spending time in the Americana/singer-songwriter space, Hause says that experience led him back toward rock and punk. “It gave me enough confidence to come back to the rock and punk thing and be like, ‘I got nothing to prove. I’m just going to do me.’”

“The band is called The Mermaid because being in a band has always felt like something I’ve had for a moment, and then the whole myth of it just swims away. If that keeps being the case, I want a musical document of the time we spent together.”

He hopes listeners find the same insight he had in making …And The Mermaid: that being part of something larger than yourself can bring a different sense of meaning. “I hope people take away the belief that we can do things that are greater than ourselves when we decide to work together,” he says. “That’s what a band promises. That’s what a live music event promises. It’s messy. It can be ugly. You’re going to get into arguments. Somebody’s going to get the last piece of cake and you’re going to give that person shit but, hopefully, there’s enough goodwill in the mission that you can forgive each other and know ‘This is greater than I could do on my own.’”

Event details

• Date: September 13
• Doors: 5:30 PM
• Showtime: 7:00 PM
• Running time listed: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Venue

• The 443 Social Club & Lounge
• 443 Burnet Ave, Syracuse, NY 13203

Ticket & seating info

• The 443 is an intimate listening room with table service that seats 75 people.
• Most seats are sold as “Tables for Two” — each such ticket admits two people.
• Green shapes on the floor plan indicate bar-height tables; orange shapes indicate regular-height tables.
• A limited number of single seats are available; single attendees may share a table with other single attendees.
• Multiple tickets purchased under the same name will automatically be seated together (up to 6 people).
• Requesting a specific table is a perk reserved for VIP Patron members.
• If anyone in your party needs special seating arrangements (walker, cane, service animal, wheelchair, low table requirement, or you want to be seated with another party), please email the venue after you place your order.

Links

• Artist website: https://www.davehause.com/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DaveHauseMusic/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davehause/
• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6b58ZzXRHPakxMhPx7xHAx?si=Ha35v1IBRKqErOJ37zTHSQ
• Tickets (Eventbrite): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dave-hause-at-the-443-social-club-tickets-1992784165082?aff=oddtdtcreator
• Video: https://youtu.be/Fzg60rawVp4?si=Q-VTs8bXkhrMfQHr