Sapling is one raccoon in three trench coats.
"Not bad for a band where the bassist is a drummer, the drummer is a guitarist,
and the guitarist is a fucking clown." ~Alex Charalambides
and the guitarist is a fucking clown." ~Alex Charalambides
Once declared “the best band in America” by a heavily inebriated gentleman at a pub gig, Sapling is New England’s premier bitchpop and art rock band. Their live show has drawn comparisons to Sleater-Kinney, Roxy Music, and Swans, surely due to their signature blending of pop hooks and confetti with spooky chaos and precariously complex signal chains. Sapling have delighted and confused audiences equally at intimate basement shows and larger venues such as The Sinclair (Cambridge, MA) and Higher Ground (Burlington, VT).
Sapling have released two full-length studio records (2020’s No Sequoia and 2023’s amor fati), both of which have seen them nominated for multiple Worcester and Boston Music Awards and landed them on a number of notable end-of-year favorites lists (Worcester Magazine, Boston Emissions, Bumblebee Radio, If It’s Too Loud, et al.).
Sapling’s current lineup formed in 2018 and features Rainy Maple Sugar Candy on bass, vocals, and extraneous woodwinds; Amber ToiletFire Tortorelli on guitar, vocals, Theremin, and whatever’s in the clown box; and Jonny Spaghetti Cordaro on drums and merriment. At present, the band is based between Providence, RI and Worcester, MA.
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Sapling have released two full-length studio records (2020’s No Sequoia and 2023’s amor fati), both of which have seen them nominated for multiple Worcester and Boston Music Awards and landed them on a number of notable end-of-year favorites lists (Worcester Magazine, Boston Emissions, Bumblebee Radio, If It’s Too Loud, et al.).
Sapling’s current lineup formed in 2018 and features Rainy Maple Sugar Candy on bass, vocals, and extraneous woodwinds; Amber ToiletFire Tortorelli on guitar, vocals, Theremin, and whatever’s in the clown box; and Jonny Spaghetti Cordaro on drums and merriment. At present, the band is based between Providence, RI and Worcester, MA.
Take our quiz to find our which member of Sapling YOU are!