brakence moves up from The Crocodile to Showbox SoDo

Four and a half years after a Crocodile show, brakence returns to Seattle on April 17 at Showbox SoDo, with a new album since his last visit.

The last time brakence played Seattle was Dec. 2, 2022, at The Crocodile. Next spring he's back in a room that holds a lot more people.

brakence plays Showbox SoDo on Saturday, April 17, 2027. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. The room holds about 1,150, and tickets are through AXS.

What has changed since that Crocodile night is the record. brakence's 2022 full-length was Hypochondriac, and its follow-up is Marrow, which Archyde reports arrived as a surprise release, announced with less than a month's notice alongside the lead single "Ready or Not." Seattle hasn't had a brakence show since before Marrow existed, so this is the first chance to hear those songs live here.

That's the main reason to go. Hypochondriac was the record that brought most people to him, and a lot of the crowd at The Crocodile in 2022 would have been there for those songs. Marrow is the next chapter, and a Seattle audience that has been listening to it at home will finally hear how it translates to a room.

The Crocodile in 2022, Showbox SoDo in 2027.

The bigger room says something too. Moving from The Crocodile to Showbox SoDo means the local audience has grown in the time he's been away. The genre tags for the show cover both EDM and hip-hop, which fits an artist whose music has always mixed styles.

A Saturday in April also means no work-night rush. Doors at 7 and the headliner at 8 leave time to get to SoDo without hurrying.

Four and a half years is a long time between visits for a young artist with a loyal following. Fans who saw the Crocodile show will want to see what the new material looks like on a bigger stage, and fans who found him through Marrow will be seeing him for the first time.

Listen to Marrow, get a ticket through AXS, and plan to be at Showbox SoDo on April 17.

Sources: JamBase listing: brakence at Showbox SoDo (jambase.com); Archyde: Brakence Announces North American Tour for New Album Marrow (archyde.com); AXS tickets: brakence at Showbox SoDo (axs.com)