Dutch Experts // Observation Room // Bloodx3 @ Midnight's

Schedule

Tue, 19 Aug, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Midnight's | Brattleboro, VT

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Join us at Midnight's for a night of synth-based music featuring local synth maiden Dutch Experts (premiering all new tracks from her upcoming album!), NYC's Observation Room (synthpop) and Blood Blood Blood from Troy, NY (post-synth-punk).
8pm. $10. Tickets at the door.
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ABOUT THE LINEUP:
Born from the shadows of the pandemic, Dutch Experts is the creative alter ego of Brattleboro, Vermont-based singer/songwriter Hannah Hoffman. Hoffman channeled her isolation and inner turmoil into a sonic catharsis, experimenting with layered synths and electronic rhythms crafted in GarageBand, birthing a soundscape both equally haunting and danceable. Inspired by goth icons like The Cure, ethereal voices such as Kate Bush and Cocteau Twins, and contemporary darkwave, indie rock, pop and post punk acts, her music fuses 80s retro‑synth textures with modern production. Her debut EP, 'Bound by This' received critical praise for its cinematic, emotionally intense sound: A&R factory calling it, “one of the most cinematic soundscapes possible in our lifetime". Currently in the process of recording her first full-length album, Hoffman continues to expand her sonic horizons, establishing Dutch Experts as a compelling voice in the contemporary darkwave/synth-pop revival.
Brooklyn’s Observation Room crafts music that thrives in the tension between nostalgia and futurism. A duo rooted in moody synth-pop, their sound draws from the crystalline melodies of Book of Love, the industrial melancholia of Depeche Mode, and the stark minimalism of early Human League, creating music that is at once familiar and eerily contemporary.
The project began in 2023 as a solo endeavor by Marina F, who recorded the band’s earliest demos while in transit, moving from the forests of rural Maine back to the electrified hum of New York City. These initial recordings—imbued with a cold, hypnotic intensity—marked a sharp departure from her background in punk and post-punk, embracing a meticulous electronic aesthetic while maintaining the obsessive DIY ethos of her past work.
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Observation Room expanded with the addition of Chloe Olson on bass, synthesizers, and vocals, bringing a new depth to their songwriting and an undeniable presence to their live performances. Together, they craft songs that are cinematic in scope—equal parts mechanical and melodic, stark yet deeply emotive. Their music leans into the Reagan-era aesthetic, reflecting both its sleek futurism and underlying sense of unease, drawing haunting parallels between that time and the present.
Their self-titled debut EP is a four-track statement of intent, a seamless blend of industrial rhythms, shimmering synths, and sweeping electronic arrangements. From the pounding, chant-driven pulse of “Workers”—a mechanized anthem built on relentless grooves—to the operatic sprawl of “Orange Moon Distance,” the EP moves effortlessly between the mechanical and the cosmic. It’s a record that thrives on contrast: danceable yet brooding, cinematic yet immediate.
As they continue to carve out their place in the synth-pop landscape, Observation Room stands as both an homage to the past and a glimpse into the future—a band that exists in the glow of neon nostalgia while staring straight ahead into the unknown.
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Blood Blood Blood (Bloodx3)
Troy, NY
+Post-Punk++Synth+
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Midnight's, 2 High St, Brattleboro, VT 05301-3001, United States

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