Win Tickets ($54): Robert DeLong and Atlas Genius @ Mission Theater | Electronic, House, Dubstep

We are giving away a pair of tickets to Robert DeLong and Atlas Genius @ Mission Theater on October 14. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed October 7.

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From our sponsors:
Robert DeLong and Atlas Genius
October 14, 2024
Doors 7PM, Show 8PM | $22 ADV, $27 Doors | All Ages
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Mission Theater
1624 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR 97209

Robert DeLong is all grown up. Or, at least, he’s ready to leap into the next phase of his life and artistic career. Originally from Seattle but now based in Los Angeles, the songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist has always reflected himself in his music, but on Playlist of Doom, his fourth full-length album, Robert embraces a sense of raw honesty that seeps through the cleverly-crafted lyrics. “My first few records were more existential,” he says. “In your twenties you think you know everything about the universe and you want to tell everyone everything you know. But as you get older you learn more about yourself and relationships, so it made more sense for me to write about that.”

The songs on Playlist of Doom began to come together shortly after Robert released Walk Like Me, his third album, in the fall of 2021. That album, a response to the break-up of a long-term relationship, was clouded by the pandemic and didn’t have the impact Robert was hoping for. He slowly began writing new music, working late into the night in his home studio, and autobiographical themes started to emerge, even if all of the songs themselves aren’t autobiographical. He wrote across genres, incorporating everything from indie pop to electronica to reggaeton, and sees the album as an instinctual distillation of his songwriting. It was an experimental, energized and completely organic process.

“Music, for me, is always emergent,” Robert says. “I start by chasing a melody and then the lyrics pop out. Whatever I’ve been thinking about, whatever I’ve been going through, whatever emotions I’m feeling about my relationships with people or whatever I’m worrying about in my life just inject themselves. Everything spills out. The songs that feel the most like me, as on this album, are more extemporaneous on some level.”