#electrelane

1/10/26.

Around this time of the year, it can be a bit challenging to find new music, so patience in snooping pays off. It took longer than usual to stumble upon "Playland" from Supermoon.

I was immediately taken by the single guitar notes (Kaye Woodward-esque) and Chills-like bass lines. When I saw the band was from Vancouver, British Columbia, I kind of assumed this was released on Mint Records. Indeed it was - a bit more in the past than I originally thought though. This was the band's 2nd release and it came out in May 2016. Jay Arner worked with the band on their first EP.

I can't help but think of bands like Grass Widow, Look Blue Go Purple, Electrelane, and now (at times) Memorials. Band members played in Adrian Teacher and The Subs, PUPS and Movieland.

Being very selective about gigs lately but despite being fatigued I made an exception for Memorials. Still making up for the times that  I never got to see Electrelane.  Verity Susman (Electrelane) & Matthew Simms (Wire) gave us a superlong set with Moogs, pop songs and  experimental tape loops.  I think this is the only band I've seen where the drummer plays the drums and guitar at the same time.

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