Name: Carver Commodore/ADDIE
Start: 2024-02-22T19:00:00
Location: The Red Room at Cafe 939

Berklee College of Music

Carver Commodore

On their new EP, If Nothing Happens, Alabama indie-pop-rockers Carver Commodore(Opens in a new window) ask themselves the question all artists must confront at some point in their careers: if we never “make it,” if nothing happens, is this all still worth it? Formed in 2017, Carver Commodore was a new start for founding members Payton Pruitt and Phillip Blevins after their college band parted ways. They were determined to make music and make it work for them, and since the band’s formation, they have added three permanent members: Noah Freeman, Clayton Christopher, and David Smith Jr., and released two full-length albums with a smattering of EPs and singles in between. These releases all fall at unique places on the spectrum of indie rock, and after taking the maximalist approach, the band decided to dial things back for their new EP. Pruitt says, “I wanted to write these songs with a much more laid back and stripped down approach. Not in a boring or acoustic way, but in a way that doesn’t sound like we’ve got 53 tracks in the final recording and can’t really reproduce the exact sound live.” The result is a shimmery, wistful, yet still dynamic take on the aesthetic-heavy music of the modern indie pop world, strengthened even more by the substance of Pruitt’s songwriting. David Smith describes the recording of this EP as “therapeutic”—an opportunity to ignore perfectionism and embrace a more simplistic, clean, and light sound. 