Slake//New Issue//Paradise Next
Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 5:30pm
The Quilcene Lantern is proud to present Slake//New Issue//Paradise Next!
6pm doors//7pm music
$10 advance//$15-25 at the door
all ages
Slake
“Like a sword pulled from the sea, Slake’s front person Mary Claire has a voice and song that exists in the realm of ancient lore, forbidden love, and quenched thirst. This bay-area-based artist moves and performs along the water’s edge, creating a melodic sense of belonging in the transient nature of each story crafted.
The current iteration of their tune has grown from Mary Claire’s self-titled singer-songwriter days. After tracking their upcoming record during a hot hot summer in the Hudson Valley, Slake’s debut LP ‘Let’s Get Married’ has distilled the sonic quality of their performance to carve out and embody a genre that can only be defined as lesbian doom-folk.
The presence of their live set has transformed over the years into something more clairvoyant, something with a crunch, something soft with teeth - like a walk through fall leaves with a long-distance lover. Slake performs like how you've always dreamt that first kiss might feel.”
-Gabi Orion, BFF.FM
New Issue
New Issue (formerly Hungry Cloud Darkening) is the collaborative all-analog recording project of Nicholas Wilbur, Allyson Foster, and Paul Benson. Each song is co-written in a slightly different way- all with priorities in variety and spectrum and fidelity. The three grew up in Mountain Home, Arkansas and Nixa, Missouri but have resided and operated in Anacortes, Washington for the past 6 years collectively. The project inhabits recording/event space the Anacortes Unknown, where Nich is the head engineer. Nich, Allyson, and Paul have toured in Mount Eerie and have occasionally appeared in recent recordings.
https://hungryclouddarkening.bandcamp.com/track/slide
Paradise Next
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