Twenty-four year old Dutch multi-instrumentalist, Jacco Gardner, returns to the U.S. this fall in further support of debut album, Cabinet of Curiosities, released earlier this year via Trouble In Mind.
Recorded in his hometown of Zwaag in the Netherlands and performed almost entirely by Jacco (save the drums), Cabinet of Curiosities is a sophisticated and inviting debut. It’s an album full of playful baroque arrangements featuring minor chords and plush harmonies brushing up against strings, mellotrons, harpsichords and an occasional squeezebox, painting a warm melodic palette. Though remindful of The Zombies and Syd Barrett, Jacco brings his material to its own singular place as he deftly explores the idea of reconciling one’s loss of innocence and discovering the world may not be as wondrous as once believed, but in a far more accomplished and mature way than one would expect from an individual so young.
Here are the dates Gardner currently has on the books:
Wed. July 17 – Nijmegen, NL @ Valkhof Festival
Thu. July 18 – Canterbury, UK @ Lounge On The Farm Festival
Fri. July 19 – Dour, BE @ Dour Festival
Sun. July 21 – Benicassim, ES @ Festival Internacional
Tue. July 23 – Lille, FR @ La Péniche
Wed. July 24 – Gent, BE @ Boom Town Festival
Fri. July 26 – Barcelos, PT @ Milhoes de Festa
Sat. July 27 – Diepholz, DE @ Appletree Garden Festival
Sun. July 28 – Canterbury, GB @ Lounge on the Farm
Sat. Aug. 3 – Leuven, BE @ M-idzomer Festival
Sun. Aug. 4 – Venlo, NL @ Zomerparkfeest
Sun. Aug. 11 – Helsinki, FI @ Flow Festival
Thu. Aug. 15 – Rennes, FR @ La Route du Rock
Fri. Aug. 16 – Powys, GB @ Green Man Festival
Sun. Aug. 18 – Biddinghuizen, NL @ Lowlands
Fri. Sep. 9 – Vlieland, NL @ Into The Great Wide Open
Fri. Sep. 13 – Bergen, NO @ Phono Festivalen
Sat. Sep. 14 – Leffinge, BE @ Leffingeleuen Festival
Thu. Sep. 26 – Hamburg, DE @ Reeperbahn Festival
Sat. Sep. 28 – Liverpool, GB @ Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia
Tue. Oct. 1 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah *
Wed. Oct. 2 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour *
Thu. Oct. 3 – San Francisco, CA @ The Depot at San Francisco State University
Fri. Oct. 4 – Big Sur, CA @ Fernwood Resort *
Sat. Oct. 5 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel * !
Mon. Oct. 7 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios  #
Tue. Oct. 8 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
Wed. Oct. 9 – Seattle, WA @ Barboza
Thu. Oct. 10 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux
Sat. Oct. 12 – Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar
Tue. Oct.15 – Washington DC @ Black Cat Backstage
Wed Oct 16 – Oct 19 – New York, NY @ CMJ
Mon. Oct. 21 – Montreal, QC @ Le Divan Orange
Tue. Oct. 22 – Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
Wed. Oct. 23 – Hamilton, ON @ This Ain’t Hollywood
Fri. Oct. 25 – Detroit, MI @ Garden Bowl
Sat. Oct. 26 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Sun. Oct. 27 – Cleveland, OH @ Happy Dog
Wed. Dec. 4 – Brussels, BE @ La Botanique
Fri. Dec. 6 – Deventer, NL @ Burgerweeshuis
Sat. Dec. 7 – Hasselt, BE @ Muziekodroom
Wed. Dec. 11 – Groningen, NL @ Vera
Thu. Dec. 12 – Dordrecht, NL @ Bibelot
Fri. Dec. 13 – Heerlen, NL @ Nieuwe Nor
Sat. Dec. 14 – Haarlem, NL @ Patronaat
Thu. Dec. 19 – Nijmegen, NL @ Doomroosje
Fri. Dec. 20 – Bergen op Zoom, NL @ Gebouw-T
Sat. Dec. 21 – Leeuwarden, NL @ Romein
Fri. Dec. 27 – Den Haag, NL @ Paard van Troje
Sat. Dec. 28 – Utrecht, NL @ Tivoli
* Allah Lahs
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