Copperhead makes folk music for the 21st century, born not in the bucolic countryside but in downtown alleyways, with punk and acid rock peering around the corners. Lurking around the deliciously dark intersection of lo-fi, post-industrial noise, R&B and minor-key murder ballad, Copperhead immerses audiences in ambient, expansive soundscapes with texture and reverb, anchored by lead singer Liz Stevens goosebump-inducing smoky contralto and gorgeously dark and dreamlike lyrical narratives. Copperhead’s eponymous debut in 2015 was called a “gorgeous, haunting thing of crackling beauty” that went on to chart in the Canadian independent radio national top 50, and led to them opening for Art Bergmann, Elliott Brood, Lindi Ortega and The Strumbellas and sent them to some of the best national stages. Their 2018 release Touch continues their musical evolution, sticking their toes into luscious Weimar Republic-style tinkling dissonance reminiscent of Tom Waits, and deepening the echoing, unsettling beauty of Stevens’ songwriting. Copperhead is Liz Stevens on lead vox, keyboards and songwriting, Kirill Telichev as songwriter and lead guitarist/producer, Kane Bender on drums, Rob Smeltzer on bass, and Jamey Lougheed on barry sax, with added backup vox, horns and strings as the occasion calls for it. Check out wearecopperhead.com for more info. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bD8uQtkzHQ