by Ned Lannamann
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As a newspaper with its own style guide (an admittedly slender one that is chiefly devoted to swear words), we run roughshod over most bands' annoying typography. (Sorry, fun., but you are not e.e. cummings.) We'll make an exception, though, for Austin, Texas synth quartet S U R V I V E, as their spooky analog tone-poems don't just evoke the '80s, they create worlds of their own. And if the cost of that is depressing my space bar a few extra times, so be it.
Alex Kacha
As a newspaper with its own style guide (an admittedly slender one that is chiefly devoted to swear words), we run roughshod over most bands' annoying typography. (Sorry, fun., but you are not e.e. cummings.) We'll make an exception, though, for Austin, Texas synth quartet S U R V I V E, as their spooky analog tone-poems don't just evoke the '80s, they create worlds of their own. And if the cost of that is depressing my space bar a few extra times, so be it.
Two members of S U R V I V E were responsible for the Stranger Things theme and soundtrack, but the four-piece band is its own entity, an entity that's releasing a brand-new album on Portland-based label Relapse Records on September 30. What's more, the band is touring the album—the catchily titled RR7349—and will be at Holocene on Tuesday, October 11.
So while would be a huge mistake to go to this show and start yelling requests for music from Stranger Things ("play 'Barb's Theme'!"), S U R V I V E makes music that fans of that show will definitely be into. Take a listen to the evocatively named "Wardenclyffe" and get tickets before they sell out.