West Art Welcomes Lamplight and hemlock with Bad Hints

One's always on the highway. The other just found his way back. On April 30th, hemlock and Lamplight bring their alt-folk roots to West Art for an intimate acoustic duo set in the Sanctuary. Supported by Lancaster's very own Bad Hints in the Sanctuary.

hemlock is the swamp-raised "phone-fi" alt-folk project of Carolina Chauffe, a permatour road dog currently anchored in south Louisiana and doggedly DIY in everything they do. With a prolific discography of hundreds of self-released songs and a rotating cast of collaborators, their most recent LP 444 arrived in October 2024 with a Chicago wrecking crew in tow. Catch them while they're passing through — they're usually on the highway.

Lamplight is the texturally dense, homegrown alt-folk project of Ian Hatcher-Williams — creek-raised in the Virginia foothills of Appalachia, nearly a decade away from music, and beautifully back. Their 2024 self-titled debut announced a return built on honesty and heart-on-sleeve craft. A sophomore LP recorded in wintertime Vermont with chosen family is expected on Western Vinyl in late 2026. He is often in love and always left-handed.

Bad Hints opens the night with what they call "Mom Rock" — Lancaster's own bringing the homegrown energy right where it belongs.