The Pauses with St. Lorelei and The Self-Help Tapes
Schedule
Mon, 31 Jan, 2022 at 09:00 pm
Location
Gasa Gasa | New Orleans, LA
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Event Information:
With their sophomore release Unbuilding (Arctic Rodeo Recordings), the Pauses have hit their sonic geyser, and attentive listeners can marvel at the resulting indierocktronica glints and glitter. Based in Orlando, Florida, the Pauses are multi-instrumentalist Jason Kupfer, vocalist-bassistkeyboardist Tierney Tough, and drummer Nathan Chase. Produced and mixed by J. Robbins (Jawbox, Burning Airlines), his influence can be heard in the heavier guitar propulsion that churns under the allure of the electronic ear candy on the surface. This combination live makes dancing feel like a decision the whole room made at once. On Unbuilding, the Pauses have evolved their collaborative songwriting, and few tracks show the pop heft of that effort as well as Digital Detox. It slams you almost like a wall of sound, with Toughs typically clear-as-a-bell vocal distorted to great effect, evoking 60s girl groups with warped sensibilities. Trumpets, timpani, cello, theremin and electronic elements are called upon to create the Pauses authentic sound, and then whisked away to allow the vocals space, as in the sparse, unusual dreamscape on Had/Have. Other times, the sound can bound in bilateral increments, like the playful piano to guitar crush of The Means. Their range is key, with loud live rockers like Dont Wake Me Up and Animus?, which is particularly intense as it dangles wildly at the albums end and concludes, What a way to feel nothing real. That line evokes an overarching theme of the album, which gazes into the black mirror and is smart enough not to take it seriously. Songs like Eventually, Everything Connects, Digital Detox and Dont Wake Me Up suggest a rebellion against the online drone, with lines that invite you to throw your arms up and sing out, I dont need the details shoved down my throat.https://www.thepauses.comSt. Lorelei is lead by Jo Morris (vox/rhythm guitar) with band members Marcus Bronson (bass/harmony), Philip Cooper (keyboard), Alec Vance (lead guitar), and Steve Walkup (drums). Jo has been performing solo in New Orleans since 2013 and in 2017 she recorded the EP, Ghost Queen. In 2018, this lead to the long-awaited collaboration between Jo and Steve that is now St. Lorelei.https://stlorelei.bandcamp.comWith support from The Self-Help Tapes.https://theselfhelptapes.bandcamp.com
Venue Details:
Gasa Gasa,
4920 Freret St, Gasa Gasa,
New Orleans, United States
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Where is it happening?
Gasa Gasa, New Orleans, United States
Tickets
USD 10.00