Friday May 23rd, 2025
6pm - 9pm
3600 Lyons Road, Austin, Texas, 78702

Join us in celebrating the release of Thor & Friends' fifth full-length album, Heathen Spirituals. Thor & Friends will perform the album in full with new local group, Deborah Sky Disk (feat. members of Font and Felt Out), kicking things off at 7pm. Recorded at UT's Jessen Auditorium, Heathen Spirituals features 13 Austin local performers with vocals from the Unwound Sound Singers overdubbed. The album will be out on May 16 via Joyful Noise Recordings.

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Schedule

Doors - 6pm
Show - 7pm
End - 9pm

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More about the project:

Thor Harris is a prolific collaborator, having worked with an array of influential artists, including Bill Callahan, Devendra Banhart, and Shahzad Ismaily. Most recently, he toured with the experimental-rock supergroup Water Damage and performed at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville—both as a solo artist and as part of various group projects. Thor & Friends embodies this intense spirit of collaboration; since we last heard them the adventurous instrumental project has grown from an intimate trio of mallet players to a minimalist orchestra.

Heathen Spirituals, arriving May 16th, 2025, on Joyful Noise Recordings, contains three original pieces with a 35-minute runtime. The rhythmic repetition of opening seance “Anne Sexton’s Glasses” evokes a cognitive crescendo, while the spellbinding “Christmas Eve at the Wizard’s House” evokes a sense of weightlessness, sucking the listener up into the firmament then floating them back down. The crashing, choir-backed “Heathen Spiritual,” meanwhile, stirs a gorgeous requiem for a dying planet. In glorious fidelity, the sessions capture the instinctual purity of Thor & Friends’ live performances, which thrive on skyward repetition.

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Venue Details

This event will be indoors in an open air warehouse without climate control, please dress according to the weather. The temperature outside is the temperature inside.

The Museum of Human Achievement (MoHA) has aging floors and a gravel parking lot. We recommend closed toe flat shoes, and an outfit that won't snag or get tripped on. We want you to have the best time while remaining safe and gorgeous.

Code of Conduct - https://moha.wiki/Code_of_Conduct

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Accessibility and Health

MoHA is wheelchair accessible. Please reach out to info@themuseumofhumanachievement.com if you have any other accessibility needs and we will do our best to accommodate.

To help keep our community safe and healthy, please do not attend if you feel ill or were recently exposed to illness, such as COVID and the flu.

Hand sanitizer and masks will be available. Masks are welcome!

Additional FAQs - https://moha.wiki/FAQ_%E2%86%92

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Travel & Parking Information

MoHA is located behind the Canopy Art Complex in a gravel parking lot. Guests can park for free in our lot and find free/paid street parking.

Riding bikes? We are accessible for bikes via several trails that connect to Springdale Road.

Riding the bus? The two closest bus stops to MoHA are at the 7th/Springdale stop and the Springdale/Govalle stop. We recommend using Google maps or Cap Metro Trip planner to confirm your route.

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The Museum of Human Achievement (MoHA) is a community-driven non-profit organization in Austin, TX grounded in affordability, inclusivity and access for artists. MoHA’s vision is for an empowered, resilient creative community where each member has the resources to foster well being, prosperity, and a self-determined future.

MoHA runs a variety of programs in Community Abundance, Digital Arts, Exhibition, and Professional Development for artists, organizers, and audiences. Learn more at their website https://moha.wiki.