Secret Cities

In the wake of their 2011 album Strange Hearts, the three members of Secret Cities branched off in different directions. Charlie Gokey delved into Roy Orbison's ballads about losers in love while becoming a civil liberties attorney in Washington, D.C. Alex Abnos locked in to New Orleans soul masters like King Floyd & Dr. John as he became a journalist in New York City. And Marie Parker became a teacher in the band's spiritual home of Fargo, North Dakota.

Having met at band camp and on an internet message board, the trio had made music together for nine years without ever living together in the same city. After recording two albums and a handful of singles via email, they decided it was finally time to enter a real studio where they could play and record together in real time. They chose San Francisco's Tiny Telephone studio, where Jay Pellicci (The Dodos, Deerhoof, Erase Errata) manned the controls for a week-and-a-half of the most spontaneous, democratic, and visceral recording of their lives. They emerged with Walk Me Home, an album that finally reflects their live chemistry and their diverging lives and musical tastes. Appropriately enough -- it took years of traveling in different directions for Secret Cities to make an album that brought them closer together than ever.

Past Shows


Aug
23
rd
2014
7th St Entry
Aug
23
rd
2014
7th St Entry

Secret Cities

with Naomi Wachira
Aug
19
th
2012
7th St Entry
Aug
19
th
2012
7th St Entry

Secret Cities

with Panther Ray and General B and the Wiz
Jun
21
st
2011
7th St Entry
Jun
21
st
2011
7th St Entry

Secret Cities

with Crimes and Gospel Gossip
Feb
19
th
2011
7th St Entry
Feb
19
th
2011
7th St Entry

Tennis

with Secret Cities and Lucy Michelle

More Shows

Dec
7
th
Turf Club

Bloodline, Vinny Franco and the Love Channel, Tarias and the Sound, and The Dalmatian Club

Dec
5
th
Turf Club

Little Fevers

with Pleasure Horse, Betty Won't and Echo Parlor
May
7
th
Palace Theatre

Amyl and The Sniffers

with Sheer Mag
Mar
23
rd
First Avenue

Tobe Nwigwe