The Sauce - Decades ago, in 2001, four Portland youths formed a rock band and named themselves after a popular frozen drink. Two albums, an enthusiastic niche fanbase, and a cease and desist from 7-Eleven later, they were The Sauce.

Now after nearly twenty years and many decades, Kevin Broydrick, Adam Tinkle, Nick Place, and Sam Peisner are reuniting for a one-time-only reunion show. Longtime friend and collaborator Jeff Beam is joining the party, making them the 5-piece they were always destined to be all those several decades ago.

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Jeff Beam has been strumming at the crossroads of Portland, Maine’s fertile indie-rock, folk and jazz scenes for years, and on this fittingly eponymous album, we get an eerie, era-spanning snapshot of every soul he’s encountered and a timely statement of activism that speaks to this particular moment in America’s history. The multi-instrumentalist is responsible for nearly every sound on the 9-track album—an inspiring and cathartic collection of songs that pleas for healing and change through civic engagement and artistic output.