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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Tonight! LAKE - Tonight!

Posted by Rob Simonsen on Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 4:33 PM


LAKE - Heaven from Weston Currie on Vimeo.

Headlining a K Records showcase that also includes Wallpaper, Hornet Leg, and the Vibrarians, Portland (oh, fine, and Olympia) based LAKE are absolutely your best bet for good times this evening. Here's what Ned had to say about the show:

"It's time to get acquainted with the 2009 roster of K Records, and this bill crams together four of the Olympia label's finest purveyors of garage pop. Despite a name that implies lackadaisical background music, Wallpaper make jangly, pumped-up cartoon rock of the undying, evergreen '60s vintage. Their songs pack as much of a sugar-rush jolt as a bottle of soda pop, and will probably do a number on your teeth. It's seriously fun music, as goofy as good times can get—bring your jumping shoes and your funnest friend. Meanwhile, Hornet Leg's Chris Sutton is a ubiquitous presence around Portland, and his blurry, color-saturated garage rock is wholly exuberant without sacrificing any of its primitiveness. The bathroom-tile echo of the Vibrarians makes lo-fi poster childs du jour Vivian Girls sound as clinical as the Alan Parsons Project, and Lake's open-hearted pop songs offer comfy, surreptitious delight, like an oversized fluffy bathrobe you stole from an expensive hotel. NED LANNAMANN"

With a bass and vocal heavy sound that is equal parts breezy and cute, the indie-poppers in LAKE know how to write a damn catchy hook and rock the hell out of some harmonies, as their stellar debut record Oh, the Places We'll Go proves. The band fits nicely along with the rest of the K Records catalog past and presumably future, and will be a more than solid ending to this already solid showcase.

Show at 9pm at Rotture.

 

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