Earlier this year, I wrote about Portland, OR-based pop trio Joseph. Comprised of Natalie Closner and her two younger twin sisters Meegan and Allison, the trio derive their name from two sources — their grandfather jo and the tiny Oregon town in which he lived, Joseph, OR. Interestingly enough, although the Closners grew up in a musical household, the Closner Sisters’ collaboration together is a relatively recent phenomenon; in fact, as the story goes, the eldest sibling Natalie was seeking a creative jolt when she decided to ask her younger sisters if they’d like to start a project together. Naturally, the Closners quickly discovered an immediate simpatico and began writing material together based around the use of three part harmony.
Now, as you may remember “White Flag” is the first single off the trio’s forthcoming full-length debut I’m Alone, No You’re Not, which is slated for an August 26, 2016 release. And as you’ll hear the song pairs an ambient and gently undulating production consisting of swirling and ambient electronics, handclap-led percussion and folky guitar chords, a rousingly cathartic and anthemic hook and the Closner Sisters’ gorgeous vocals in a song that sonically reminds me of Pearl and the Beard and Lucius, complete with the same earnest urgency. While lyrically, the song possesses a powerfully positive message — that despite what everyone around you may tell you about your dreams and desires that you should never give up if it’s what you desperately feel that it’s what you must be doing.
The recently released music video for the song is a gorgeously cinematic video that features the Closner sisters in what appears to be the Oregon woods, building a bonfire to set a white flag on fire — and as a result the video manages to be both literal and symbolic.
The Closner sisters are in the middle of a lengthy tour that includes a September stop at Radio City Music Hall. Check out tour dates below.
TOUR DATES:
7.8 – Cannock, UK – Cannock Chase Forest *
7.12 – Scarborough, UK – Scarborough Open Air Theater *
7.14-17 – Beccles, UK – Latitude Festival
7.17 – Dublin, IE – Longtitude Festival
7.18 – London, UK – St. Pancras Old Church
7.20 – Hamburg, GE – Knust Acoustic Session
7.22 – Berlin, GE – Berghain Kantine
7.23 – Haldern, GE – Haldern Pop Bar
7.24 – Nurnberg, GE – Fold Im Park
7.29 – Los Angeles, CA – FIG at 7th // Arts Brookfield Series
8.5-7 – Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon
8.10 – Boulder, CO – The Fox – Triple A Summit
9.19 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live *
9.21 – Miami Beach, FL – The Fillmore Miami at Gleason Theater *
9.23-24 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium *
9.25 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte *
9.27 – Richmond, VA – The National *
9.28 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE *
9.30 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall *
10.1 – Boston, MA – Blue Hills Bank Pavilion *
10.3 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theater *
10.4 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit *
10.6 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave / Eagles Ballroom *
10.7 – Saint Louis, MO – The Pageant *
10.8 – Kansas City, MO – Arrest Bank Theatre at The Midland *
11.3 – Antwerp, BE – Trix Hall #
11.5 – Copenhagen, DK – DR Koncerthuset #
11.6 – Oslo, NO – Folketeateret #
11.9 – Berlin, DE – Postbahnhof #
11.10 – Munich, DE – Technikum #
11.11 – Zurich, CH – Kaufleuten #
11.13 – Milan, IT – Fabrique Milano #
11.14 – Montpellier, FR – Le Rockstore #
11.16 – Barcelona, ES – Bikini Barcelona #
11.18 – Bardeaux, FR – Rock School Barbey #
11.20 – Lyon, FR – Epicerie Moderne #
11.21 – Stasbourg, FR – La Laiterie #
11.22 – Cologne, DE – Kantine #
* Supporting James Bay
# Supporting Michael Kiwanuka
