Events
Mean Jeans / Suicide Notes / Sleeptalker
- 8:00pm Thursday, August 10, 2017
Disciples of ’60s pop, razor’s edge punk, and summer rock anthems rejoice! Portland renegades the Suicide Notes are celebrating the release of their debut full-length Is That You? via Hovercraft Records. Since dropping their self-titled EP in 2012, they’ve subsisted on a steady diet of rollicking live engagements. Is That You? marks the culmination of nose-to-the-grindstone songwriting that exists at the crossroads of surf, first-wave rock ’n’ roll, and the melodic real estate of bands like the Bangles and even early Sleater-Kinney. “Mutha Fuckin’ Love” fizzles like a cracked egg on a hot sidewalk, with venomous harmonies spit by the Jessi Lixx/Double A vocal tandem. “Velvet Crime” finds legs in a bottom-heavy rhythmic drive that eventually explodes into an instantly classic chorus. With Mean Jeans and Sleeptalker rounding out the bill, expect your dance card to be completely filled tonight.