Lower Dens: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

The music of Lower Dens is dark but spacious and hypnotic, with swaths of feedback and echoing guitars. At the heart is Jana Hunter, a Texas-born, Baltimore-based singer and songwriter whose delicate voice haunts every song. Watch the band perform its blissed-out songs in an intimate set at the NPR Music offices.
Set List:
"Two Cocks Waving Wildly At Each Other Across A Vast Open Space, A Dark Icy Tundra"
"I Get Nervous"
"Rosie"
"What Isn't Nature"
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[@Ramenslurpss]

One of those bands you connect with and wonder why others don't. Good stuff hope to see more out of them. Thanks NPR.

[@5k33k]

Since it isn't already listed, here are the names of the performers: Jana Hunter - Vocals/Guitar Geoff Graham - Bass Will Adams - Guitar Abram Sanders - Drums

[@hoknok]

her heart is beautiful

[@marcelaolivares3320]

Rosie, the best!

[@laguapa2375]

This performance turned me on to this band years ago. Stellar!

[@carpediem081791]

I like how they've got a post rock sound with folk vocals. Ever since i heard Red Sparrows, I thought how cool would it be to hear a Folk post rock band, and i guess this is it. Pretty damn good.

[@joshb8976]

Their cover of "What isn't Nature" is the coolest shit ever. Lower Dens is fucking cool.

[@benj3565]

Such a great band. I hope we hear more from them.

[@tdspi54]

This is an amazing band. Both albums are absolutely mesmerizing.

[@keithaszilagyi]

I'm only a 1.5 minuets in and I'm in love.

[@ringthealam]

seminal. auspicious.

[@thicklypaintedwalls5188]

the cass mccombs cover at the end is real nice.

[@Junipur]

she's beauty

[@HighFive212]

its pretty trippy watching that chick sing.... but hard to stop listening... this shits right up my alley.

[@Msgrv32]

Hypnotic indeed, I especially loved the opening drum beat.

[@RefinnejLincoln]

thoroughly enjoyed, my friends from Sound Garden Records in Baltimore, MD recommended them- excellent choice, beautiful music-

[@dyanirobarge6552]

the last piece is a song by Cass McCombs- i hope they credit the artist of the original at some point during the performance

[@padmaisonaroll8613]

Chefs kiss! 😍

[@anhdizzy]

looooooove. i'm now obsessed

[@DonalLynchyou]

I think this is the best TDC so far.

[@NAMENAMENAME12345SFF]

Love it, that's all I can say.

[@hostsofmichael]

YEAH! super good. It's how i found these Lower Dens :)

[@BLByline]

The 12 year old in me loves the name of the first song... It's also genuinely good music.

[@MarxAviano]

That's about the sweetest damn thing I've seen in too damn long. 7:54 "This is fun."

[@billtang79]

The HBO movie Looking introduced me to their track I Get Nervous and I fell in love

[@camplethargic8]

I found "I Get Nervous" watching "Fall" by jamie scott on Vimeo. Thank you, internet.

[@brandongomez6786]

8 years later

[@andramd2410]

14 years later

[@MKCurrier1]

swoooon

[@CAVERWOOD]

I dig it

[@drayneddrummer22]

Yeah, I definitely have the coolest aunt of all time.

[@alecbrito4397]

4:21 I get nervous

[@johncoveney5021]

Sweet

[@Brambleiah]

She has an interesting voice

[@DilbertBodfrey]

We got Kurt Cobain, Thurston Moore, and Kyle Broflovski all in the same room. Other than that, I'm definitely getting whatever albums these songs are from.

[@AesopRocks247]

@secondhandmodel theres lots of stuff in the water here in baltimore!

[@canseidesersarah]

who in hell needs a cosmo article when everything is so plain to see right here, i knew it from a thumbnail 5yrs ago.

[@nedbread1]

Look how long of breaths she takes.

[@Eliu5564]

The male guitarist totally resembles Yannis, from Foals. :o

[@minyafriend]

i like how theres no mention of cass mccombs whatsoever in this video

[@almaystrodebshk9959]

Roaaah

[@mayplusmay]

why does that last song not exist anywhere else except a cass mccombs cover? does anyone know if it ever got a studio treatment?

[@laurenrael8906]

What isn't nature. Not on an album?

[@pizzapusslasagna]

Lauren Shettler It's a Cass McCombs song from his debut album in 2003 titled "A".

[@laurenrael8906]

i just noticed that the other day, I listened to it, it's great

[@pdg887]

Bit of a krauty feel

[@trebleboostboy]

fuckin right.

[@griffenb]

@Sundaysmilk UMAD??

[@Msgrv32]

At 3:21 in did the guitarist get hit by something?

[@JoshuaMallory]

oustanding. I really want to go to their new york show this coming may 1st! If you like this check out my music. louvadeus, bombast! EP

[@mattzucks]

how old is the lead singer?

[@cmlo1970]

@griffenb not a dude, but a dudette.

[@eiaycardo6799]

Tell Me Why brought me here.

[@Pepper-cd9yr]

0:16 literally what the fuck

[@laurenrael8906]

***** ? you mean Jana?

[@Pepper-cd9yr]

Lauren Shettler no the title of the song jana is amazing why would i wtf them

[@laurenrael8906]

Oh idk I thought you meant the face she made at that point in the video. What about the title?

[@laurenrael8906]

I'm seeing them live @ 10 tonight :-)

[@laurenrael8906]

Oh haa. No not for Lower Dens. :)

[@allenschmitz9644]

shoe gazer....

[@Muscari]

What the fuck is Kurt Cobain doing there?

[@DoctorWha]

That was so.... bad.

[@SeadartVSG]

Unsubscribe ... this is sophmoric tripe.

[@griffenb]

*butterface