The Milk Carton Kids, with Paper Wings — live event on Sep 19, 2026
The Milk Carton Kids live at Cat's Cradle, Carrboro on Sat, Sep 19, 8:00 PM. Tickets from $32.72. Lineup, start time and tickets on Ckord.
On their seventh studio album, *Lost Cause Lover Fool* (due April 24 on Far Cry/Thirty Tigers), The Milk Carton Kids offer nine songs that, more than ever, invite listeners to lean in close and linger inside the small moments the record quietly magnifies. When Los Angeles–based singer-songwriters Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan first emerged in 2011, they did so with a sound as unassuming as their “marketing” plan. They recorded their ten-song debut, *Prologue*, with just their two guitars and two voices. They posted it online as a free download, sending the link to friends via email. Even amidst the foot stomps and hand claps carrying Folk into the mainstream, hundreds of thousands of people managed to find *Prologue* in that first year. From the beginning, The Milk Carton Kids were more interested in precision than volume. “We were very conscious back then of trying to make our two voices sound like one thing,” Ryan recalls. “And we wanted our guitars to sound like one instrument …
Starts: Sat, Sep 19, 8:00 PM
Ends: Sat, Sep 19, 10:00 PM
Where: 300 East Main Street, Carrboro, North Carolina 27510, United States
Price: $32.72
Lineup
Venue: Cat's Cradle
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