Auctioneer's Craig Hendrix wears many hats on Philadelphia's music scene, as producer & keyboardist for Birdie Busch, multi-instrumentalist for Aderbat/Mammal of Paradise, founder & composer for The Agave Opera Company, and musical director of north Philly performance group Puppetyranny. For Auctioneer, his latest and most personal project, he draws on the venerable talents of drummer/producer Todd Schied, bassist Todd Erk (Hoots & Hellmouth), and vocalist/keyboardist Jesse Moore (Ladies Auxiliary). The band lives in a former insulation factory, neighbored by filmmakers and custom furniture designers, mummers, welders, DJs, karaoke enthusiasts, puppeteers and sports fans.

The debut EP from the group, due out digitally August 19 and physically October 6, is both contemplative and absolute, drawing on the freedom afforded through living and creating in crumbling, post-industrial North Philadelphia. Musically, the lilting gravity of the songs speak to Aucioneer's wide embrace of genre, from art-punk to chamber & choral music, from minimalism to afrobeat, samba & bossa nova.