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May 25, 2016

Laser Background, Half Acid, Giant Giants

Friday, May 27 @ Caledonia Lounge

By Adam Clair

Photo Credit: Natalie Piserchio

Laser Background's synesthetic psych-pop is a child's view of candy and cookies through the eyes of a wizened adult: a dizzying sugar rush and its ensuing crash, a chattering mouth of nothing-but-sweet-tooth dentition full of resultant cavities and decay, a dialectic of hedonistic anticipation and corporeal shoulda-known-better. Back when losing a molar wasn't just something you'd look forward to but something the mytho-industrial complex incentivized beneath your pillow, LB's Andy Molholt knew better than to sell out, hoarding his baby teeth instead, grinding them up and squeezing the paste through a ring modulator. Laser Background plays with Half Acid and Asheville's Giant Giants.

Calendar

  • Friday, May 27

    Caledonia Lounge

    9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www.caledonialounge.com

    Giant Giants, Laser Background, Half Acid

    LASER BACKGROUND Psychedelic, doo-woppy dream-pop project from Philadelphia's Andy Molholt. See Calendar Pick on p. 18.

    GIANT GIANTS Percussive, lo-fi electronic act featuring members of Reptar.

    HALF ACID Greg O'Connell (Bubbly Mommy Gun) experiments with synths and talk boxes.

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