DoublePlusGood, Colin Jenkins, Soft Cheese - 21+
Schedule
Thu Jan 12 2023 at 08:00 pm
Location
Holocene Portland | Portland, OR
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DoublePlusGood is the long-running romantic pop project of Portlander Erik Carlson. Often known for his shimmering layers of production, Carlson has created a sound that beautifully combines melancholy crooner with dreampop textures. Backed by a four-peice band, audiences are transported to a 1960s era romance film where the protagonist can't get enough jukebox slow jams.Since its birth over a decade ago, DoublePlusGood has released mutiple albums and EPs, been featured on several local compliation albums, and has been trusted support for acts like Ariel Pink, Wild Ones, and Typhoon. Carlson also single-handedly ran an independant record label, SoHiTek, that has been home to Hosannas, Fanno Creek, Pocketknife, and more.
Some might know Colin Jenkins through his piano skills and harmonic hand in the Portland pop brigade Ages and Ages. A few less might know Jenkins through his solo material. Jenkins has built a sound full of kaleidoscopic synth juxtaposed by tight percussive beds, creating a world that feels palpably neon. The real thrill comes from Jenkins' vocal performance, often flanked by soft harmonies and guest vocalists. At times, his velvety pop timbre even evokes tamer moments of old Prince lines.
Soft Cheese churns out tunes that have been described as shoegazey, grungey, dreamy and all around delightful. Since forming in Portland, OR in 2019, this quattro formaggi has been making music to eat pizza and cry to. Over the pandemic, the group self-recorded and released two EPs, "Blue Sausage Fruit" and "Tarp," as well as putting out their self-titled LP that they had recorded with Cam Spies at Trash Treasury Studios just before the quarantine.
Post-lockdown, Soft Cheese has made their way back to the show stage opening for acts like Wolf Parade, Oberhofer and Summer Cannibals, and also headlining shows at Mississippi Studios and the 2022 PDX Pop Now! Festival. Recently, the foursome made their way to an ocean forest retreat to record new material in the hopes of releasing their second LP in the near future!
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Where is it happening?
Holocene Portland, 1001 SE Morrison St, Portland, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
