Candace

Candace (formerly known as Is/Is) can be traced back to the summer of 2009 when Sarah Rose (guitar/bass/vocals), Sarah Nienaber (guitar/bass/vocals), and Mara Appel DesLauriers (drums/vocals) came up with the great idea to make music together. The band released the This Happening EP (2010), the “Vowel Movements/Blackest Beat” 7” (2011), their full-length debut, III, in 2012, Is/Is (2014), and a number of singles before announcing their name change to Candace in 2016. New Future, the band’s first official release under the new name, was produced, recorded, and mixed by Neil Weir and Candace at Jackpot! Recording Studio in Portland, Oregon, where the band all lives.

Writing momentum stayed steady following the release of New Future so the band took a trip to Iowa just a few days after Trump was elected to work on some new material. Working with long-time collaborator Neil Weir, at Flat Black Studios, built in an old barn in the middle of nowhere outside of Iowa City, surrounded by corn fields and nothing else, they ate frozen pizza, tracked for 12-hours a day, and then passed out in a loft sleeping area above the studio. Once the songs were done, the band handed the finished material off to Larry Crane at Jackpot! for mixing.

Their latest full-length, New Ruins, was released on March 2, 2018.

Past Shows


Sep
21
st
2018
Fine Line
Sep
21
st
2018
Fine Line

Blitzen Trapper

with Candace
Oct
16
th
2017
Turf Club
Oct
16
th
2017
Turf Club

Candace

with Waveless, Friendless Passenger, DJ MARTHA WEIR and more!
Jul
23
rd
2016
Mainroom
Jul
23
rd
2016
Mainroom

Kitten Forever

with Condominium, Candace, ROYAL BRAT and more!

More Shows

Feb
28
th
Amsterdam Bar & Hall

MISSIO

with Layto
Feb
19
th
Fine Line

BoomBox

Feb
19
th
7th St Entry

Stephen Day

Apr
2
nd
Fine Line

The Birthday Massacre

with Essenger and Magic Wands