Bearcoon: Solange Igoa (left) and Andrea Walker (right). Photo by Lindsay Ingram.
This Thursday night at Fingerprints, local music lovers will have a chance to hear the songs Bearcoon will soon be playing nationwide. Solange Igoa and Andrea Walker, who are revving up for Bearcoon’s first-ever tour, will be presenting offerings from their newly released debut album, “El Guapo.”
“We can’t wait to hit the road,” said Walker, the guitar-playing, songwriting half of Bearcoon. “We’re ready to let go of our day jobs and make an honest go at making a full-time living from our music.”
Walker and vocalist Igoa have been diligently honing their original song repertoire and live-performance chops since 2012, when they met at an open-mic show. They gained considerable attention after winning last summer’s Long Beach Buskerfest, then invested their prize money in the early 2015 recording of “El Guapo” with producer Antoine Arvizu at his Signal Hill studio, The Compound.
“We’ve made huge strides in the last year and we feel ready, with the support of our friends and families, to venture into the challenge and uncertainty of life on the road,” said Walker. “We’re letting go of our apartment, moving into a tour van with our two dogs, and taking off to play our brand of indie folk to anyone who’ll listen.”
Thursday’s “Bearcoon In-Store Record Release Party” will begin at 7:00PM with a set by Alyssandra Nighswonger, an imaginative singer/songwriter/instrumentalist who has performed extensively in Long Beach and has shared many a concert billing with Bearcoon. Bearcoon will then take the stage, performing selections from “El Guapo,” joined by Antoine Arvizu on drums. During the show’s last two songs, Igoa and Walker will be joined by bassist Roland Cruces and vocalists Joshua Fischel, Jon Zell, Rachel Star Albright, Sean Blake, Mike Vitale, and Alyssandra Nighswonger.
For more information on Thursday’s festivities, visit Fingerprints at 420 East 4th Street or call the shop at 562.433.4996.
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