Berlinetta is pleased to host Lys Guillorn and her band here in the taproom on Sunday October 22nd. Lys is one of the finest singer/songwriters around. Do not miss. We serve 1PM til 6PM, the band is on from 3 to 5. 21+.
“So if oddly uplifting, folk, blues country-infused acoustic semi-electric psychedelic dark pop music is your thing, please say hello to Lys Guillorn, you'll get along just fine.” Geraint Jones, Comes With a Smile #14 (UK)
http://www.lysguillorn.com
http://lysguillorn.bandcamp.com
Lys Guillorn & The Void Kittens are a twangy, indie-garage-folk trio fronted by Connecticut singer-songwriter Lys Guillorn. Equally influenced by The Velvet Underground, Big Star, Robyn Hitchcock, and twangified artists like Patsy Cline, Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood, Guillorn came up out of the lo-fi home-recording scene in the late 1990s and went on to make their first self-titled studio record produced and engineered by documentary filmmaker Jeff Feuerzeig, which was released in 2003.
Lys Guillorn continues to write idiosyncratic, stylistically shape-shifting, literary songs with interesting guitar lines and arrangements, accompanied live by agile rhythm section The Void Kittens--Eric Bloomquist (Chica Non Grata, Bronson Rock) on bass and vocals, and Peter Riccio (The Sawtelles, NHIC, GoBruCcio) on drums. Riccio has drummed with Guillorn since their time in the band Jargon Society in the early ‘00s. Bloomquist came on board in 2013 after the release of Guillorn’s Winged Victory. Riccio and Bloomquist are Connecticut music veterans, comfortable playing different styles, which makes them able to serve each song uniquely. The three listen intently and adapt on the fly during each show.
Recently Lys Guillorn has opened solo for artists including Emma Swift and Robyn Hitchcock; and with The Void Kittens for Sunny War, as well as Lydia Loveless.
Guillorn has two full-length studio records of original songs, a collection of covers and compilation tracks, and several EPs and singles on Little Cowgirl Records. In 2018, Guillorn won CT Now’s Best of Hartford Readers Poll for Best Singer-Songwriter. Their most recent single is called “Dolores & I,” released on the 2020 Free as Birds Records compilation Waiting on a Sunrise Vol. 1. Lys Guillorn & The Void Kittens are working on songs for a new studio record.