cut for pals because of the crosspost action
♥TONIGHT!//10PM//ONOPA BREWING COMPANY//735 E. CENTER ST.♥
with transit diary
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The Prids (from Portland OR) combine a seductive quasi-goth pop (think Cure, Echo & the Bunnymen) with swirling, neo-psych guitars (My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive) and icy male/female vocals.
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Listen to The Prids here.
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"Guess What? Post-punk is alive and kicking as this LP demonstrates. Think waves of intricate synth-pop melodies with undenieable new wave influenced and exerimental rock overtures provide the setting for the haunting, dual girl/boy vocals. It's fresh, beautiful, and deserves to be heard." (BN)
-Punk Planet
"The Prids whip the stars open with skinny ties and luxuriate in the stardusted fuzz of guitar-based, danceable grooves. Their synths, spare drumming and spectral vocals splay across gooseflesh-raising bass lines..."
-L.A. Weekly
"They have a distinctly European feel to them and will be, in time, a band that is greatly respected by crowds who will come to see them full of wonder and awe. Check them out before they get big-you can brag, 'I knew them when'..."
-Starvox Webzine
"HOLY FUCKING SHIT. YOU HAVE GOT TO SEE THIS BAND RIGHT NOW! Imagine if My Bloody Valentine and New Order decided to collaborate when they were both at their peaks. They'd make magenta-charged electro-wave, a crashing of static guitars with a heavily delicate synthesizer melody and unexpected drum smatters. The vocals would be iridescent, with breathy distortion. Imagine the electricity in that dark tension. That's The Prids."
-The Portland Mercury