Milk SF, July 17.

On July 17th, we’ll be playing at Milk in San Francisco with the Silver Swans and Foreign Cinema. I almost can’t imagine a better location for a live venue than Milk’s – directly across the street from Amoeba on upper Haight. (continued below)

Years ago, when Rebecca and I were still based in Santa Cruz, we used to drive up to San Francisco to play the same space (though it was called club Boomerang back then and had a significantly smaller capacity). We were that anonymous opening band who were largely ignored or skipped by the audience though, somehow, those early shows gave us the confidence to make the move up to San Francisco and take music more seriously.

More recently, we’ve had four really great shows in SF so far this year (they’ve all sold out!) and we’re looking forward to another great Saturday night on the 17th. I’m hoping to tweak our set around in some new ways to show off some of the new things we’ve been doing in the studio. I’ve been eager to get back in front of a keyboard onstage for a while, too. Also, if you haven’t ordered or picked it up before then, we’ll have copies of the Pripyat EP in hand. RSVP on the Facebook event page.

Finally, if you haven’t heard the Silver Swans or Foreign Cinema yet, give them a listen. I actually caught a Foreign Cinema show several months ago and liked what I heard that night. Atmospheric and even dubby (a quality that endears me to a band quickly) in parts. I’m totally digging what I’ve heard by Silver Swans so far. A little bit of that Ladytron-style production in their sound, for sure, but they’re doing their own thing.