Hauntingly beautiful strings set the stage for “Cemetery,” the new single from Austin Potter, a.k.a. Tapes & Tubes. The song has an eerie, fall mix of bright sun and a chilly breeze, as the scene is laid out in deep spoken-word detail. That desolate, quiet stillness of an old small town, imagining the lives of those who have passed on in prose form as one takes a moment to remember those who may seem forgotten. Bourbon & Branch will play host to a billing on Thursday, November 29 that will include Tapes & Tubes, C.M. Slenko, and C.R. Gennone.

Tapes & Tubes, a.k.a. Austin Potter, recently shared his new EP Horse Trailer. Draped in an eerie, cinematic, western-folkie simplicity, the hushed, secret-delivering vocals reverberate and then vaporize. Those bare atmospherics allow one to slow down, collect their thoughts, and maybe flashback to the unresolved questions of the past. Tonight, Potter is part of a lineup at South Philly's The Pharmacy that also includes Slenko & McKeys, Alpha_Alpha, Suuduer, and Automatic Colors.

Marc Neibauer (My Home is the Sea, ex-Eat Your Birthday Cake) and Austin Potter (Tapes & Tubes) have combined forces releasing the single, “Forward,” via Potter’s fledgling label Safe Harbor. The song’s reflective lyricism spills out into crisp, night air as serene, isolating instrumentation gradually picks up the pace as the subject peers in both directions the past and the future. Hopefully this pairing will continue to march ahead.

Tapes & Tubes, a.k.a. Austin Potter, has recently released a retrospective collection of songs entitled Retroactive. Available on cassette and lathe-cut vinyl via UK label Liquid Library, the songs emerge from in between the cracks with their intimately hushed/secretive vocal tones. The album touches on those deep, isolating, pensive states that come to the forefront when returning from sleep or conversely nodding off to slumber.

"I never did know where I was going." Austin Potter, a.k.a. Tapes & Tubes, channels his inner Leonard Cohen on his latest single, "So Long as I Have You". Gravelly, weathered vocals lay down contemplative prose over the gentle strum of a guitar and hints of feedback. The track is off a new full-length album that Potter is currently working on.