HOUR + Thor and Friends

Doors 7 / Music 8

• HOUR — a shapeshifting Philadelphia-based instrumental ensemble led by composer/multi-instrumentalist and founder of Dear Life Records Michael Cormier-O'Leary.

• Thor Harris — a Texas-born musician, multi-instrumentalist, artist, and craftsman. Born in 1965 in La Porte, Texas, and relocating to Austin in 1985, Harris has worked across experimental, rock, and avant-garde genres. He was the percussionist for the post-rock band Swans from 2010 to 2017; his contributions helped shape the critically acclaimed albums "The Seer" (2012), "To Be Kind" (2014), and "The Glowing Man" (2016).

He has been a member of other bands and projects including Shearwater, and has collaborated and recorded with Bill Callahan, John Congleton, Ben Frost, Amanda Palmer, Adam Torres, Devendra Banhart, and more. He performs on instruments including marimba, vibraphone, flute, and clarinet.

Today Harris is the frontman of Thor & Friends — a vehicle for experimentation with the conceptual vocabulary of American Minimalism performed by a rotating cast of Austin-based musicians.