W.H. Lung • You Win !!!
Thu 10/05/23
8:00PM
18+
music
$18 ADV // $20 DOS
Show Lineup
W.H. Lung
(Manchester, UK)
Genre: Art Punk, Post-Punk, Synth-Pop
W. H. Lung’s arrival at their debut album has been less conventional than most. A trait shared with the music they make, which weaves between shimmering synth pop and the infectious grooves of 70’s Berlin. The band never had any intention of playing live when forming, aiming instead to be a primarily studio-based project.
That approach was challenged when they released their debut 10” in 2017. The propulsive charge, pulsing electronics, glacial melodies and David Byrne-esque vocals on Inspiration!/Nothing Is meant that they were quickly in demand. Booking requests started to flood in and W. H. Lung found themselves cutting their teeth on festival stages that summer. “When we confirmed these performances we didn’t even have enough songs to fill a half an hour set,” Tom S. recalls. “The transition was exciting because we had to start from scratch. We had to write the songs, find people to play in the live band and put a decent set together in about three months.”
Though whilst some new bands may have let that interest change the course of the project, W. H. Lung stayed true to their original reticence and worked mainly as a studio band with live shows kept sporadic. Ironically, W. H. Lung have since become a formidable live unit. Their show is a fusion of loose, free form rhythms that unravel in glorious shifting waves with a taut, hyper-slick dynamism; the razor precision of post-punk meeting the strutting and sensual groove of synth pop.
You Win !!!
(Milwaukee, WI)
Genre: Electronic, Experimental
You Win !!! is the dark-pop brainchild of Milwaukee vocalist Amanda Huff and producer This Random Machine. Inspired by video games, fantasy lore, and the many masks of human emotion, You Win !!! defines their sound through thunderous arrangements, playful vocals and sharp lyrics.