Paddlefest Presents: Sam Tudor and Pallmer at Honeybeans

Tickets at the door: Pay what you can — $20 suggested

Sam Tudor is both an individual and a project involving a group of friends in Canada. The underpinnings of the songs are genre-less; jazz players join forces with Eno inspired beats while acoustic guitars meet distorted synths. What unifies the project is Tudor’s distinct voice: a sandy, melancholic narrator, leaning in close with confessional and cathartic writing. The band’s live show is reverent and at times bombastic – a celebration of community done with an easy virtuosity born from years playing music together.

The band’s latest release is their 2024 EP Hidden Minute. Their most recent full length album, Two Half Words, was released in 2021. Tudor and the band have toured in Canada, Japan, the United States and more. They have received coverage and acclaim from VICE Magazine, KEXP Radio, Exclaim Magazine, CBC Afterdark, The Vancouver Sun and others.

The afternoon will begin with an opening set by Fredericton’s Pallmer. Pallmer is an experimental chamber-pop trio born from late night improv sessions during a particularly snowy winter in New Brunswick, Canada. With Emily Kennedy on cello & vocals, Mark Kleyn on viola, and Charles Harding on synthesizers, the band draws from their backgrounds in classical music and sound art, transcending genre and standard instrumentation. Cups n Cakes Mag praised Pallmer’s debut album “Swimming,” stating the album is “a cohesive and compelling album that can’t help but transport the listener through memory, imagination, and back to the present, quiet moment.”

Sam Tudor: https://samtudor.bandcamp.com/album/hidden-minute
Pallmer: https://pallmer.bandcamp.com/album/swimming