L.C. Franke

L.C. Franke celebrates the release of his debut album Still in Bloom at The State Theatre accompanied by his tiny but mighty orchestra featuring some of Austin's most lauded musicians. Easy listening for anxious times, torch songs for a world on fire, orchestral pop for the algorithm age: this is the twilit milieu of L.C. Franke, whose debut album Still In Bloom builds a bridge between twentieth-century nostalgia and our modern alienation. Across ten tracks of pure mood-indigo music, inspired by the jazz-club savoir faire of artists like Frank Sinatra, Scott Walker, and Ella Fitzgerald, Franke’s barstool croon smolders against a backdrop of woodwind trills and string quartet swells. It’s a musical tonic that pairs equally well with gin and general malaise—light on the ears, heavy on the heart. Rolling Stone - "Songs You Need To Know" Magnet - "Best of SXSW 2024" KUTX - “multitalented songwriter and vocalist bringing you into a moonlit fold of smoldering, sophisticated jazz-pop”