Ferdinand The Bull
with Mirabelle Skipworth and Katelyn Fajardo
Saturday August 23, 2025
Thunderbird Music Hall
4053 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA
Doors @ 7pm
Show @ 8pm
AGE RESTRICTION: 21+
Ferdinand The Bull crafts sweeping indie folk built on a foundation of eloquent melodicism and the sweetest of vocal harmonies. At turns intimate and grand, imbued with a inner warmth, Something Into Nothing is a comfortable, burnished jewel-box of a record, as easy as a summer evening. Beautifully wrought and soft as worn denim, it stands ready to soundtrack your most wonderfully destination-free backroads rambles. Something Into Nothing also marks a new chapter in the musical journey of songwriter Nick Snyder; the realization, that at its core, this is truly his ship to captain. “Working on these songs mostly alone led me to the realization that it was time to rely more on myself, instead of looking for the approval and input from others” explains Snyder. “Ferdinand the Bull has always been my creative and emotional outlet, but to me life is about collaborating and doing things together. At one point, we counted my friends who were at one point in this band and played at least a live show or two, and we quickly ran out of fingers – and toes!”
Recorded alongside the old plaster and new tile, Something Into Nothing is both a celebration of the journey Snyder has taken with Ferdinand the Bull and a return to his roots. These are songs written over the years – he began writing “Someday, Someday” at nineteen and only just recently finished it, while “Texas Cigarette” is a much more contemporary creation. The first room to see the hammer was, unsurprisingly, the home studio. “It really made me feel so young and creative again, and I’m so excited for the future and everything to come,” tells Snyder. “I’ve been playing these songs live for years, and I needed to get them out for everyone to hear.”
Recorded with friend and producer Dylan Mckinstry of the band Upstate, bassist Jon Leff, and drummer Dan Leon, Something Into Nothing, is at once a nod to the past and a promise of things to come. It is a testament to the idea that sometimes the only way to gain control is to let things go. “Fighting the current can be why you’re stuck in place, instead of moving forward the way you’re supposed to go. Just like a leaf in a river. It might sound contradictory, but contradiction is a big part of being human.”
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Ferdinand the Bull delivers the spirit of the Appalachian highlands to venues and festivals thousands of miles away, including an official showcase at SXSW in 2022, and sharing stages alongside powerhouse artists such as Charles Wesley Godwin, Josh Ritter, Dustbowl Revival, Mo Lowda and the Humble, and the Ghost of Paul Revere.
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