MIDNIGHT NORTH AT SOUNDCHECK STUDIOS IN PEMBROKE

On March 26, 2025, Soundcheck Studios in Pembroke, MA, welcomed Midnight North.

It was the band’s first tour in almost a year. Elliot Peck, the co-founder of the group, took

time off in 2024 to recover after doctors discovered a tumor in her abdomen. The band

cancelled several shows and shifted a series of co-headlining dates with The Mother

Hips to Grahame Lesh & The North.

Formed in early 2012 by singer/songwriters Grahame Lesh and Elliott Peck, Midnight

North is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California. The band features

Elliot Peck (guitar/vocals), Grahame Lesh (guitar/vocals), Connor O’Sullivan (bass), and

Nathan Graham (drummer/banjo).

At Soundcheck Studios hundreds of fans attended the concert to see the band’s

performance but most importantly to honor Elliott Peck, returning on stage after

recovering from cancer.

“It is all about how suffering through a major tragedy can open the door to your

salvation,” explains Elliott. “You can find beauty on the other side. There’s always hope.”

The group played a series of songs from different albums such as Scarlet Skie (2015),

Live at Terrapin Crossroads (2016), There’s Always a Story (2021), Diamonds in the

Zodiac (2023) and Might Be in The Sunrise (2025). Since forming 2012, Midnight North

has released three Eps, five studios’ albums, one live album, two remix albums, 18

singles, and 10 remix singles.

The quartet is built around the core duo of Lesh and Peck, with Peck infusing country

influences while Lesh brings the rock.

The group is touring to promote their studio album Might Be in The Sunrise released in

2025. The band’s fifth studio album Diamonds in the Zodiac, released in November

10, 2024, via the Americana Vibes label is a follow-up to its acclaimed 2021 album,

There’s Always a Story (its first to include Nathan Graham, who joined the band in

2017).

As Peck said about the last album: “These songs and lyrics are about being a band of

musicians on the road away from home…” She continued: “Might Be in the Sunrise, is.

an example of Midnight North in raw from. We were not fresh off a tour or a recording

session, nor did we play a perfect show, but we felt the show was worthy of release

because it captured the sound of 5 musicians filled with gratitude to return to the stage

after an incredibly challenging year. We experienced heavy losses and serious illness

that kept us mostly off the road in 2024, but the hope of reuniting through music kept us

moving forward. The emotion was audibly woven throughout this special return. We hope

you enjoy the performance and can hear the appreciation we all feel to have music in

our lives and the open arms of our fans welcoming us back.”

Setlist

1- Playing a Poor Hand Well

2- Round & Round

3- They Love Each Other (Jerry Garcia cover)

4- Walk the Runway

5- In the Sunrise

6- Cold Rain and Snow (traditional cover)

7- Tomorrow Never Knows

8- Cold Rain and Snow (traditional cover)

9- Wild Card

10- The Highway Song

11- The Mountain Song (Furthur cover)

12- The Sailor & the Sea

13- Jupiter

14- Greene County

Encore:

15. A Great Farewell