Crush Fund headline The Broadway with Pretty Bitter (DC), Ekko Astral (DC), Ultra Deluxe, and Fear Not Ourselves Alone!
7:00PM Doors // 7:30PM Show
21+
$15
Crush Fund
Crush Fund are a three piece punk group from Brooklyn New York - Wendy Kya (guitar, vocals, production), Nora Knox (drums, vocals) and July Brown (bass) - with explosive punk rock sound that collides hardcore punk energy with post-genre noise pop production. Taking note from dance-punk beats, hardcore/grunge riffs, and angular indie rock, their shows are a busy tug of war of feminine rage, and queer joy. More simply, as they put it, Crush Fund is “Some fucked up pop songs, from some girls trying not to take themselves so seriously.”
Pretty Bitter
Pretty Bitter is a DC Based indie pop group whose current lineup is composed of Mel Bleker (they / them - lyrics, vocals), Zack Be(he/him - Guitar, Keys, Production), Miriam Tyler (she/they - Bass, vocals), Chris Smith (he/him, Guitar), and Jason Hayes (he/him, Drums). Formed by Tyler and Bleker after the two bonded over shared musical touchpoints like Elliott Smith and Rilo Kiley, they quickly began collaborating with other artists in their local scene; including Be, who became the band’s in-house producer and helped create the material that eventually ended up becoming their 2022 album Hinges.Joined by Hayes on drums in 2021, the band’s current lineup began playing shows in the DC area and developing an audience for their easy to love blend of lush synth pop and emo-adjacent indie rock. The sound of Hinges is impressively glitzy and cinematic for its low budget; while also highlighting the strong undercurrent of emo influence that propels these tight, smartly written pop songs. In their DNA, you can hear a lot of Paramore, a bit of Jenny Lewis and Death Cab, and a healthy coating of Chvrches-esqe synth pop sheen; but it hasn’t taken long for them to start to synthesize those influences into something distinctly Pretty Bitter.
Ekko Astral
Pretty Bitter is a DC Based indie pop group whose current lineup is composed of Mel Bleker (they / them - lyrics, vocals), Zack Be(he/him - Guitar, Keys, Production), Miriam Tyler (she/they - Bass, vocals), Chris Smith (he/him, Guitar), and Jason Hayes (he/him, Drums). Formed by Tyler and Bleker after the two bonded over shared musical touchpoints like Elliott Smith and Rilo Kiley, they quickly began collaborating with other artists in their local scene; including Be, who became the band’s in-house producer and helped create the material that eventually ended up becoming their 2022 album Hinges.Joined by Hayes on drums in 2021, the band’s current lineup began playing shows in the DC area and developing an audience for their easy to love blend of lush synth pop and emo-adjacent indie rock. The sound of Hinges is impressively glitzy and cinematic for its low budget; while also highlighting the strong undercurrent of emo influence that propels these tight, smartly written pop songs. In their DNA, you can hear a lot of Paramore, a bit of Jenny Lewis and Death Cab, and a healthy coating of Chvrches-esqe synth pop sheen; but it hasn’t taken long for them to start to synthesize those influences into something distinctly Pretty Bitter.
Ultra Deluxe
Part screamo, part chiptune, overtly 8-bit, and always aggressive, Ultra Deluxe displays a wide variety of instrumentation. The anticipated synthesizers give way to harmonica, distortion and orchestra strings dance in a noise punk ode to Nintendo. A dark yet uplifting tone defined by driving bass lines and screams that echo the struggles of the proletariat.
Fear Not Ourselves Alone
Part screamo, part chiptune, overtly 8-bit, and always aggressive, Ultra Deluxe displays a wide variety of instrumentation. The anticipated synthesizers give way to harmonica, distortion and orchestra strings dance in a noise punk ode to Nintendo. A dark yet uplifting tone defined by driving bass lines and screams that echo the struggles of the proletariat.
