The Pauses make their stop at The Broadway while on tour! Support from Freezing Cold and Light Tower.
Doors: 8:00pm
$10 presale // $12 at the door
21+
freezing cold
Freezing Cold released their Stuck on Hold/Drawn to Scale EP last year via Salinas Records, their first new recordings since their 2019 debut full length Glimmer. The two tracks, "Stuck on Hold" and "Drawn to Scale", are driven by three-part harmonies and thoughtful dynamics.
The EP also introduces a new member to Freezing Cold, Leanne Butkovic, formerly of the band Never. Leanne joined Freezing Cold on bass in late 2019, adding a synergetic spark to the band that helped shape this EP, some of the band’s strongest material to date. Freezing Cold is rounded out by Angie Boylan, formerly of Aye Nako and often the touring drummer for Sleater-Kinney, and Jeff Cunningham, formerly of Bridge and Tunnel.
The Pauses
With their sophomore release Unbuilding, the Pauses have hit their sonic geyser, and attentive listeners can marvel at the resulting indierocktronica glints and glitter. Based in Orlando, Florida, the Pauses are multi-instrumentalist Jason Kupfer, vocalist-bassist-keyboardist Tierney Tough, and drummer Nathan Chase. Their debut, A Cautionary Tale, introduced listeners to Kupfer’s studied ear and methodical rock flourishes, Chase’s technical rhythms, and Tough’s attentive musicality and immaculate vocal. Both of their albums were produced and mixed by J. Robbins (Jawbox, Burning Airlines), and his influence can be heard in the heavier guitar propulsion that churns under the allure of the electronic ear candy on the surface. This combination live makes dancing feel like a decision the whole room made at once.
On Unbuilding, the Pauses have evolved their collaborative songwriting, and few tracks show the pop heft of that effort as well as “Digital Detox.” It slams you almost like a wall of sound, with Tough’s typically clear-as-a-bell vocal distorted to great effect, evoking ‘60s girl groups with warped sensibilities. Trumpets, timpani, cello, theremin and electronic elements are called upon to create the Pauses’ authentic sound, and then whisked away to allow the vocals space, as in the sparse, unusual dreamscape on “Had/Have.” Other times, the sound can bound in bilateral increments, like the playful piano to guitar crush of “The Means.” Their range is key, with loud live rockers like “Don’t Wake Me Up” and “Animus?”, which is particularly intense as it dangles wildly at the album’s end and concludes, “What a way to feel nothing real.”
That line evokes an overarching theme of the album, which gazes into the black mirror and is smart enough not to take it seriously. Songs like “Eventually, Everything Connects,” “Digital Detox” and “Don’t Wake Me Up” suggest a rebellion against the online drone, with lines that invite you to throw your arms up and sing out, “I don’t need the details shoved down my throat.
“The trio have pushed their sound deeper into pop territory as they add guitar thrust to their indietronica styles. Synths hit as hard as the distorted guitars, creating something nearly like chiptune yet with the drive of tech-savvy garage rock.” - Consequence of Sound
“Anyone interested in path-blazing indie rock should check out “Unbuilding’.” - Exclaim!
“Produced by J. Robbins, it’s got a little of the off-kilter, mathy guitars of the DC scene that birthed him, plus bouncy, Mates of States-y synths. And Tough has a delightfully dry delivery that brings to mind Speedy Ortiz or Liz Phair.” - Brooklyn Vegan
Light Tower
(featuring Chris Enriquez of Spotlights and On the Might of Princes)
Light Tower features Chris Enriquez of: ON THE MIGHT OF PRINCES, SPOTLIGHTS, PRIMITIVE WEAPONS and GRACER. The new collaborative project led by Chris Enriquez is a dark and deeply personal account of his experiences, delivered with his immense talent. Light Tower combines elements of shoegaze, post-hardcore, and emo but offers something very unique that will stoke the flame of each genre and more.