Civil Twilight

“What am I to build, if my hands are broken, if I’m not the chosen one?” sings Steven McKellar of Civil Twilight on “Story of An Immigrant”, over a lush, dynamic beat that evokes the sounds of his native South Africa while steeped in the band’s ever-evolving present. The foursome (Steven, his brother and guitarist Andrew, drummer Richard Wouters and Kevin Dailey on keys and guitar) are living proof of what happens when you stop worrying about being the chosen one and make music built on both the roots that grew you and the love that keeps you thriving every day.

Civil Twilight’s songs embrace every corner of human emotion, balancing delicate, poetic lyrics with sweeping arrangements that touch all the senses: a phrase to make you think; a rolling drumbeat you can feel in your bones; a guitar vamp as illustrative as a picture; a shimmer of keys whose light can nearly be seen and heard.

Past Shows


Jul
31
st
2015
Turf Club
Jul
31
st
2015
Turf Club

Civil Twilight

with Reina del Cid
May
27
th
2011
Mainroom
May
27
th
2011
Mainroom

Jimmy Eat World

with Civil Twilight
Oct
22
nd
2010
Mainroom
Oct
22
nd
2010
Mainroom

ANBERLIN

with CRASH KINGS and Civil Twilight

More Shows

Feb
14
th
Fine Line

sapphic factory: queer joy party

Jan
3
rd
Fine Line

Short n’ Sabrina: Sabrina Carpenter Party

Feb
8
th
First Avenue

The Brothers Allmanac

with Slippery People (The Music of Talking Heads)
May
10
th
Palace Theatre

Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory

with Love Spells