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Alma June and The Persian Cats:
Help fund their debut album and be one of the first to hear it!
Equal Measure Arts is supporting Alma June and The Persian Cats in recording their debut album at Monaco Studios in Falmouth, Maine. Alma has been self-funding the album while completing her senior year of college at the University of Southern Maine, and the studio provided a student discount, however the band is now asking for support from the community in order to get this project across the finish line with mixing, mastering, and distribution. Listen to their first single here!
Alma actually helped inspire the formation of Equal Measure Arts: before founding the nonprofit, board members Victoria Stubbs, Ethan Woodman Fowler, and Sam Monaco had already seen her music’s potential. Initially, Ethan and Victoria began coaching Alma on singing and songwriting when she was still a high school student enrolled in their music class at PATHS; more recently, Sam encountered Alma and her band while hosting WMPG’s Local Motives program, where they caught his attention with their bold live-on-the-air performance. Since the band started working with Equal Measure Arts, the nonprofit has supported them with subsidized studio time, professional photography & videography, and performance opportunities at local venues including Blue, Mayo Street Arts, and All Roads Music Festival.
Consider making a donation to match EMA’s efforts to help these talented emerging artists gain a foothold in the music industry. All donors who contribute $50 or more will receive an exclusive first listen of the album via digital download, plus monthly updates from the band!
Band bio: Alma June and the Persian Cats is an eclectic amalgamation of styles. Though it never side steps nostalgia, the music is difficult to compare. Jazzy vocals, classical fingerstyle guitar, neo romantic viola stylings weaving in and out of free-flowing beats, intricate and classical bowed upright bass meet with a mourning multi-phonic horn section. Scott Barber, viola. Dravyn Cloutier, drums. Jorge Allen, Saxophone. David Hession, Trombone. Nick Rhodes, Guitar. Matt Nelson, Upright Bass. Alma June, Voice and guitar.