South Carolina Americana duo Shovels & Rope (husband and wife Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst) had composed the music on Manticore, their sixth and newest album of original songs, before the coming of the COVID lockdown. Perhaps unsurprisingly, during the process of recording it, the quarantine ended up shaping the sound of the new record dramatically; Manticore is a moodier and more minimal affair than its 2019 predecessor, the comparatively louder and bigger By Blood. Currently on the road to get their newer—and older—songs out into the world, the twosome does this overdue date at the Egg. Jeremie Albino will open. $34.
