The Waiting Room Lounge

The Pendrakes

w/ It's True & The Great Atomic Power

The Pendrakes new recording, Sunday Punch showcases their “sugar sweet pop licks played with maximum ampage and minimum pretense”, yet also finds them venturing into country/Americana, swing and 70’s flavored R & B. In years spent on the Minneapolis music scene, Paul Novak (Vocals, Guitar and Wurlitzer) has shared the stage with members of Son Volt, The Replacements, Gear Daddies and The Jayhawks. Moving to Omaha, Novak found himself musically alone for the first time in many years. As fate would have it, Omaha music veteran Eric Ebers (Drums and Accordion) and Novak shared a cubicle wall before finding out they also shared a musical connection in bass man Craig Meier. The trio began work on Sunday Punch in the summer of 2007. The newest Pendrake, Corey Weber (Guitar and Pedal Steel), has added a hard rock punch and a little twang to the recording as well as rounding out The Pendrakes sound and turning them into a formidable live act. Musically, Sunday Punch shines through sunny and hopeful even while telling tales of dead end jobs, phonies, sycophants, and making up and breaking up.