We spoke with Dave Shur, frontman of the Portland-based folk pop band Future Historians, about the past, his influences and his songwriting process. Future Historians will take the stage at the Pacific Northwest Brew Cup on the Astoria waterfront at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept.

Learn more about the band and purchase or stream its records at Well, let’s start with a history lesson: How and when did you guys start playing together? What’s different now? In 2008 I recorded what came to be a self-titled Future Historians EP, then formed the band with friends and friends-of-friends to perform the material. Our first show was a five-song set for a Kinks tribute night.

We started as a four-piece and now we’re five. The sound has constantly evolved and will continue to do so. Your latest album title, “Somehow it is Now,” expresses a sense of wonder that we are where are.

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Even the name Future Historians presents a clever collision between the past and the possible. Film Serial Silat Mandarin Download. What role, if any, does the passage of time, of memory, of possibility, play in your songwriting or worldview?

Well, you pretty much nailed it with the question. Those themes have always fascinated me. I thought of the name Future Historians as a kid and held onto it until I felt the moment was right.

Existential, paradoxical questions are a driving force behind my songwriting. As a band we try to use classic pop idioms and twist them to make something that is hopefully new. I have heard Future Historians described as both folk pop and folk rock. I would place your sound in good company beside indie popsters like The Shins and Wilco, but with more traditional folk instrumentation, which reminds me of some of Loudon Wainwright’s more straightforward folk rock experiments. Not that labels really matter much these days, but who brings what to the table? What genre or aesthetic does your songwriting most comfortably emerge from? Do you have any major songwriting influences?

The first common ground we had as players was Americana rock, like The Band and Neil Young. That had a lot to do with our original guitarist Andrew Stern. He has since left the band to become an actual historian, which is sort of awesome. Our bassist Michael Doherty and drummer Rob Iggulden bring a love of edgier, more experimental bands like Sonic Youth and Deerhoof. Lead guitarist Charley Adams has an ability to wail that can’t be contained, which is equal parts Grateful Dead and Black Sabbath. Keyboardist and newest member Wayne Pritzker is a rogue element in the best sense.

I’m never sure what he will play or do on stage, but it is always, um, spirited. Ultimately we’re always just trying to play the most fun, creative arrangements of my songs that we can. One of my first, and still lasting, songwriting influences is Paul Simon. Do you approach an outdoor festival show like the one you are playing at the Pacific NW Brew Cup differently than you would a more intimate gig inside a club? I don’t know that we approach an outdoor show any differently, but our typical club set is 45 minutes, and this one is 90. We’ll be taking the opportunity to play some new songs, rarities and covers.

Lastly, I have to ask because the name implies it: What’s next for the Future Historians? We have a new album, titled “Portrait of Self,” coming out Nov. Metro 2033 Keygen Generator For Adobe here. We’re so proud and excited to release it. Keyboardist and newest member Wayne Pritzker is a rogue element in the best sense.

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