(((folkYEAH!))) Presents - Drugdealer

(((folkYEAH!))) presents Drugdealer!Wednesday, August 14thDoors: 7pm / Show: 8pm$3521+*Tickets on sale Friday, May 24th at 10am PT*DRUGDEALERThe third and most seasoned Drugdealer album, Hiding in Plain Sight, almost didnt happen at all. Frustrated and insecure with his own singing voice prior to the pandemic, Drugdealer founder and primary songwriter Michael Collins was nearly ready to throw in the towel. With hits like Suddenly and The Real World (from the bands 2016 debut, The End Of Comedy) and Honey (from their first album for Mexican Summer, 2019s Raw Honey), Collins had plenty to be happy about. But due to a frequent impulse to hand over the microphone to friends and collaborators like Weyes Blood, Jackson MacIntosh, and his trusty musical companion Sasha Winn, Collins became increasingly unsure of himself as a singer. Then, amidst the windswept art colony of Marfa, Texas, a chance encounter with the visionary artist and composer Annette Peacock changed his outlook.While attending Mexican Summers annual Marfa Myths festival, Collins ran into Peacock backstage. I was so inspired by [Annette]. But similarly to all these other vocalists Id worked with, I didnt feel like I had it in me. he recalls. I told her my plight, then I played her a song, and she told me I wasnt singing high enough for my speaking voice. When I returned to LA, I started coming up with new progressions, which Id modulate up three half steps. It forced me to find a new way to sing.