Darkswoon, Model 16, & -ism

Friday, May 27th 9 pm doors 9:30 start $10

Darkswoon

https://darkswoon.bandcamp.com/

Darkswoon is an electronic band from Portland, OR with elemental post-punk roots, and musical moments bordering on dream pop to darkwave. Originating as the bedroom project and primary creative outlet of composer Jana Cushman, Darkswoon has since evolved into an energetic trio, with Cushman on vocals and guitar, Rachel Ellis stacking the electronic backbone of danceable beats and haunting synth lines, and all of it punctuated by the intelligent, rhythmic bass lines of Norah Lynn. The band evokes old school goth and post-punk of early 4AD label darlings, but maintains a modern edge and originality.

Model 16

https://soundcloud.com/modelsixteen

Model 16 is the first solo project of Katelyn Mundal, former singer and bassist for the bands Drunken Palms and Modern Marriage. In 2018, after a decade in Portland, Mundal moved back to their hometown of Stavanger, Norway, where they spent two years writing songs and recording demos. Wanting to fully focus on their vocals as their instrument and with no one to play with, Mundal began writing and performing with a backing track - inspired by an obsessive love of karaoke. Model 16 became a fantasy of pop superstardom in a time of solitude and long, rainy nights. A melancholy midi wave of sounds and beats where the focus is on the vocal performance, the lyrics and the melody. What results is a timeless sound, a new catalog of ambient love songs with a goth pop flair.

-ism

http://ismschism.bandcamp.com/

-ism is a Portland three piece, symbiotic human machine consisting of Justin Wheeler, Mark Onyx, and Jakub Jerzy. Through their progressively driven compositions, the ménage integrates their individual abilities to produce post-dystopian trances, polyrhythmic dance bangers with a wide sonic range from minimal to maximal.