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This month's Listening Room is featuring the Durham locals, Hammer No More The Fingers! Jezebel County Hospital will be opening up the show.

About the Listening Room:
The listening room is a music event hosted at Mercury Studio in Durham, NC. Each month we feature a local singer/songwriter. They play a (mostly) acoustic set in the event space of Mercury Studio. The set is followed by discussion time where the artist will talk about her/his music and field questions from the audience about the music, their writing process, where they bought their pants, or anything you may think to ask. Tickets are limited to keep audience sizes small as to preserve the intimacy of the show. Shows are BYOB.

Doors: 6:30pm
Music: 7:00pm

Event is BYOB.

Tickets ($7) will be sold at the door, or may be purchased in advance before they sell out!

About Hammer No More The Fingers:
Pink is the worm of the night that moves up through the drain, into your brain. Catchy and fun at the base level, Hammer No More the Finger?s music grows more interesting and intricate after each listen.

There is no neatly packaged description for Hammer?s sound. You could shoehorn them into a 90s indie rock revival thing, but it?s a little like putting a squid in a sweater. Perhaps the fact that Joe Hall, Jeff Stickley and Duncan Webster have been playing music together since 1994 conjures nostalgic feelings of a sound developed and perfected over the past two decades. Hammer is a continually developing exploration of the music these guys were born to create.

Recorded in the Durham home of Jay Murphy, the 2007 self-titled EP catapulted Hammer into the Triangle music scene. After touring the release, the band received national recognition, most notably as a Stereogum Band to Watch. The band took their next batch of material to producer J Robbins to create their first LP, Looking for Bruce. Working with one of their heroes proved to be a defining moment for the band. J Robbins has fronted and produced many albums that were huge influences during their formative years. Hammer returned to work with him in 2010 to record Black Shark, their most recent full-length release. The second LP explored the use of strings and keys, adding a new dimension to Hammer?s ever-evolving sound. Touring both releases extensively in the US and UK, Hammer has found a growing population of die-hard fans.

Recently, the guys have explored side projects and solo work, revealing a new sense of purpose. The projects have inspired each member to bring more eclectic ideas to the table, creating an endless well of material. Hammer recently recorded a 5-song EP with BJ Burton (Megafaun, Love Language). They took a more stripped down approach to this recording, revisiting their enthusiastic beginnings of jumping around on couches during marathon practices. The new EP is entitled 'Pink Worm.' It's being released in Spring 2012 on Gigantic Music US and Alcopop Records UK. As always, the band?s favorite album is the one they?re working on.

From: Jezebel County Hospital,
Jezebel County Hospital is currently three guys making rock music in Durham, NC. 
High hopes that our musicking will help people think thoughts, feel feelings, and move the appropriate body parts in concert together.
Artists We Also Like:
Schooner, Lost in the Trees, Hammer No More the Fingers, Talking Heads, Elbow, Dirty Projectors, Wilco.

This is going to be a great night of music!

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