This new band features a Yugoslavian and a Georgian (the country) and a Korean and a dude who went to Rutgers, if the press release is to be believed. Other information included in release: “at the tender age of five, Marika [the Georgian] attempted to poison her older brother and his friend with rat poison; she was unsuccessful.” They have a sort of art school (they also went to Parsons) take on Kraut rock-slanted pop. They do really rhythmically driving, machine-inspired pop music, with weird sampled metallic sounds and plenty of genre hopping (was that Bruce Springstein? Duran Duran?).
They're streaming their full length here. (You'll need to disable pop ups for that one page. It's worth it!). It's called Star Destoryer, and it's out on Jagjaguwar on April 24.
And they're touring this summer, mainly with Frog Eyes:
APRIL
26 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
28 Fargo, ND – Aquarium !
MAY
01 Seattle, WA – Crocodile Cafe
02 Portland, OR – Holocene !
04 San Francisco, CA – Bottom Of The Hill !
05 Los Angeles, CA – Spaceland !
07 Tucson, AZ – Plush !
10 Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves !
11 Austin, TX – Emo's !
12 Houston, TX – Proletariat !
14 Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn !
15 Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506 !
16 Washington DC, – The Rock And Roll Hotel !
17 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda's !
18 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge !
19 New York, NY – Union Hall !
20 Cambridge, MA – Middle East !
! w/ Frog Eyes
