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Since the age of 14, Cavetown has created self-produced songs both intensely diaristic and touched with offbeat imagination. Now 22, the Cambridge-based artist otherwise known as Robin Skinner has built a global following based on that outpouring, forging a connection so personal he’s taken to keeping a cupboard full of letters he receives from fans. On his new EP Man’s Best Friend, Cavetown expands on the beautifully detailed bedroom-pop that’s brought him immense success in recent years (including headlining sold-out shows around the world), ultimately arriving at one of his most vulnerable projects yet.
The follow-up to 2020’s Sleepyhead (his Sire Records debut), Man’s Best Friend took shape from a period of enormous change for Cavetown. Prior to releasing Sleepyhead, he’d found himself unmoored by the demands of his growing fame. With the album dropping right as the world went into lockdown, Skinner slipped into what he now refers to as “a very toxic place, mentally speaking,” and eventually stepped back from working on music to focus on his mental health. As he began writing again, what soon emerged was the raw introspection of Man’s Best Friend, a body of work made in deliberate solitude.
Throughout Man’s Best Friend, Cavetown examines everything from hopeless crushes to toxic positivity to unhealthy coping mechanisms. Along with previously released singles like “Let Me Feel Low” ft. Miloe, the EP features four new tracks written, recorded, and mixed entirely by Skinner. On “Idea of Her,” for instance, Cavetown presents an up-close portrait of unrequited love, adorning his confessional lyrics with brightly bubbling effects. The EP’s most upbeat moment, “I Want to Meet Ur Dog!!” centers on the same crush, this time offering up a sweetly warped serenade to her pet. And on “Ur Gonna Wish U Believed Me,” Cavetown sets his self-reflection to a gorgeously sprawling collage of sound. “I wrote that song in the depths of a breakdown during lockdown,” says Skinner. “It’s about being angry at the situation and blaming everyone else, manipulating myself and other people. It came from a dark place, so it felt important to make the music a bit lighthearted.”
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GOSSIP
Monday, July 29, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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The Aquabats!
Saturday, August 3, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
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Tinariwen
Monday, August 12, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Peter Rowan w/ Sam Grisman Project
Saturday, August 17, 2024
Doors: 10:30pm / Show: 11:30pm
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Polaris
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
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I.M (MONSTA X)
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Lalah Hathaway
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Marianas Trench
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm
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Oteil & Friends
Friday, September 13, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Oteil & Friends
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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An Evening With Vulfpeck
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Doors: 9:30pm / Show: 10:30pm
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An Evening With Vulfpeck
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
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An Evening With Vulfpeck
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Doors: 9:30pm / Show: 10:30pm
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An Evening With Vulfpeck
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
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An Evening With Vulfpeck
Friday, September 20, 2024
Doors: 9:30pm / Show: 10:30pm
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An Evening With Vulfpeck
Friday, September 20, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
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Ricky Montgomery
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Jazz is Dead: Marcos Valle
Sunday, September 22, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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CORNELIUS
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Flatland Cavalry
Friday, September 27, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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KNOWER
Saturday, September 28, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Raf Saperra
Friday, October 4, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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OPIUO
Saturday, October 5, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Prof
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Bonny Light Horseman
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Mumiy Troll
Friday, October 11, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Shintaro Sakamoto
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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The Black Dahlia Murder + Dying Fetus
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Ebo Taylor & Pat Thomas
Friday, October 18, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Valley
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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The Red Pears
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Bowling For Soup
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm
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Rocky Horror Picture Show
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Y La Bamba Psyched! Fest
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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julie
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Doors: 8:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Rise Against
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm
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Exodus
Friday, December 6, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
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Zeal & Ardor
Friday, December 13, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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BERTHA: Grateful Drag
Saturday, December 14, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm