Even So ...

Meet the Band

August 30, 2007

Hometown // Baltimore

Current members // Sam Hoffberger, percussion; Ira Gamerman, vocals, guitar; Tyler Wolfe, bass

Founded in // 2005

Style // indie rock

Influenced by // Magnetic Fields, Neutral Milk Hotel

Notable // The band released one EP and plans a follow-up in the next year. In the meantime, it's releasing a disc with about a half-dozen acoustic recordings and different versions of songs from its EP.

Quotable // "We wrote more songs than we had been able to release on the first EP," Hoffberger said. "We'd rather just group them in the period which we wrote them. We'd rather go ahead and release them."

Hear Even So ... tomorrow at the Ottobar, 2549 N. Howard St. They open for Gunwife Gone, Shodekeh and OFM. Doors open at 9 p.m.; the show starts at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $7; Call 410-662-0069 or go to theottobar.com. The band: myspace.com/evenso.

[SAM SESSA