Showroom Sounds Presents: Aaron Lee Tasjan

Doors: 7:00pm
Show: 8:00pm

Tickets: $25.00
 

Ticket includes admission PLUS:
- Light bites catered from local restaurants
- Custom cocktails, beers & non-alcoholic drinks
- Commemorative show poster 
- Custom, one-of-a-kind artist tee

21+ (under allowed with guardian)

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Each show takes place in Printed Threads' showroom, and features one of our favorite artists.

 

With a limited number of tickets available for each event, you'll be part of an exclusive audience, witnessing a unique musical performance up close and personal.

 

Enjoy light bites and drinks thoughtfully curated to complement the experience. As a token of our appreciation, every attendee receives a commemorative shirt and a show poster, designed to be a reminder of this unforgettable night.

 

We invite you to share in a special evening of music, and a thoughtful gathering supporting the sounds that enrich our lives.
 

Aaron Lee Tasjan was experiencing the worst bout of imposter syndrome of his career when he sat down and wrote Todd Snider a vulnerable emailasking for advice. Tasjan, despite writing and recording some of the most astute Americana rock songs of the last decade and being nominated for a Grammy, just didn’t see a future for an independent singer, songwriter, and guitarist like himself.

Snider read Tasjan’s email and immediately replied: “I think I have some ideas. I’ll write you back tomorrow.

”The next morning, Tasjan awoke to a signature Todd Snider missive for how to move forward as an artist. It was a novel-length email that read like the battle plans for the Invasion of Normandy. Do this, Snider wrote. Then this. But never that. The specifics don’t matter—besides, that’d be giving away the secret—but Tasjan devoured his mentor’s words and took them to heart.

He began writing feverishly, unbothered by expectations and immune to any pressure to match his acclaimed albums like In the Blazes, Karma for Cheap, or his most recent, 2024’s Stellar Evolution. When he was through, Tasjan had Get Over It, Underdog, his most inspiring LP to date. Produced by Tasjan and his longtime sound engineer Mark Miller, the album is a celebration of the power of songwriting, the unbreakable bond of friendship, and the determination of the dark horse.

“I went to the ultimate oasis for a singer, songwriter, and troubadour: Todd Snider. And he said, in very Todd fashion, ‘You can find your path forward by going backwards,’” Tasjan says with a laugh. “But he was right. I set aside my ego, played shows solo without my band, and wrote a lot of songs. In that process, I found my confidence again.”

Over 11 tracks, Tasjan’s new album kills sacred cows and pokes holes in the dam, while leaning hard into the idea of perseverance. In the talking-blues of “Science Friction,” he tells an abridged origin story of civilization that culminates with humankind editing itself out of its own picture. “Man made machines/putting man out of business,” he sings with a knowing wink. “Lost & Alone,” meanwhile, finds him feeling like a “stranger in this town.” It’s a compact blast of indie-rock with a sing-along chorus that underscores Tasjan’s gift for writing infectious hooks.