A little under a month ago we hosted our first in-store performance with the neo-folk styling of Seattle’s King Dude. We’re proud to announce that this will be an ongoing thing, where we’ll host in-store performance once a month or so. With all he initial kinks worked out we’re thrilled announce our second performance, Portland synth duo Soft Metals which will be happening at our Brooklyn store tonight.

Soft Metals is the electronic romance of Ian Hicks and Patricia Hall of Portland, Oregon played on vintage synthesizers and drum machines. Brought together in April of 2009 through a common love of late 70s to early 80s analog synthesizer music, they decided to meet up and write some songs. Inspiration came to them by way of experimental noise and avant garde, early industrial music, minimal synth, 1980s Chicago house, synth pop, and italo disco. Building their songs from moody, experimental, and improvised sessions together, they never know what influence will have the upper hand. It’s simplest to say Soft Metals make dark, romantic, electronic dance music.

We’ve written a few times about Soft Metals on the Bloglin and we hop you took our advice and checked them out. Ian and Patricia make some of the best and sultriest synth sounds that are equally informed by Darkwave as they are classic Italo. They’re going to turn our magic fun house into a dark and fantastic dance floor.

Check out their new video for “Voices” off of their debut EP, The Cold World Melts now available from Captured Tracks. We hope you’ll come join us and take in a band that we’re very excited about on their first ever tour to the East Coast!

The performance will take place today from 7-8pm and will be on a first come, first served basis. Our shop can only fit so many people so please arrive early to ensure a spot for the show. We hope to see you there and enjoy the show.

Saturday September 25th, 7pm-8pm
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350 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY
718-388-1725

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