Event Info
Girlfriend Material , Groceries
Beach Fire Entertainment presents '
Girlfriend Material
(Members from Tokyo ...
7:30pm - 10:30pm Doors at: 7:00pm
$12.00 + s/c
Event Description
Beach Fire Entertainment presents '
Girlfriend Material
(Members from Tokyo Police Club and Hollerado)
+ Groceries
January 28th, 2020 at Lucky Bar
Doors 7:00 PM
Tickets $12.00 adv at Eventbrite.CA
http://bit.ly/GFMyyj
Girlfriend Experience
Composed of members from Tokyo Police Club and Hollerado, Girlfriend Material is the most anticipated supergroup since the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles teamed up with the Power Rangers From Space, only featuring more Canadians with electric guitars.
In 2017, Graham Wright took a break from playing keyboards for Tokyo Police Club to write and direct Clean, a horror movie about a killer Roomba. The project called for frenetic rock music to be played in the background of one scene. Wright’s own solo projects tended towards the mellower, but on a deadline, he decided it would be easier to trade in his acoustic guitar for an electric one and write the songs himself. After listening to lots of PUP, Pkew Pkew Pkew, Guided by Voices, and The Slits, Wright sat down with the objective of writing four quick songs. “They didn’t have to matter, they just had to be loud and in the background,” he says. Unfortunately for his auteur ambitions, the songs ended up being good, and his filmmaking career was pushed aside so he could focus on the more rational day job of rock star.
Deciding it was time to assemble a crack team of musicians, Wright called on Tokyo Police Club bandmate Josh Hook to play guitar, and recruited Hollerado’s Jake Boyd on drums. He met bassist Joseph Garand the old fashioned way: after overhearing him in a bar talking about buying a new house, Wright befriended him in hopes of getting his old apartment. They later realized they shared similar music tastes.
Cool Car is filled with catchy riffs and optimistic melodies that couch the existential realities permeating the songs. The rambunctious “Peace Sign” is a laid back love song about the need for constant validation that comes with being a human in the world. “Stay in Touch,” a holdover from the first Christmas EP, recounts the warped nostalgia that comes with visiting one’s hometown after experimenting with adulthood, ramped up by the sadly cheery jingling of sleigh bells. “Boys In Bands,” the poppiest track on the album, is about repeating ones patterns again and again. “Deep V” is about being horny but, like, in a mature way.
They’re indie rock songs for adults; crushes felt by people who have already experienced several relationships, performatively indifferent musings after running into an ex, juvenile feelings crashing up against the realities of life.
That such conflicting feelings translate to a cohesive album comes out of the natural intimacy between four people playing music together in some capacity for years. “We’re friends first,” says Wright. “We’re a really rambunctious group chat second. Drinking buddies third. Then we’re a band, probably at a distant fourth.” Each musician brings their own interpretation to the tracks, informed in no small part by their own life experiences; listeners are invited to do the same.
Groceries
Formed by combining the freshest of meats, the tastiest treats, and the grooviest beets, Groceries are a band from Victoria BC. Fronted by the principal songwriter, singer and (primarily rhythm) guitarist, Leiv Phanenhour. The band has been together for nearly two years, and they play an upbeat kind of indie rock, a-la Mac Demarco mixed with The Tragically Hip (or something like that), with some irreverent stage banter thrown in for good measure. Consisting of two guitar players (Rob Walsh, and Phanenhour), a bassist (Randy Baragar) and drummer (Robert Niemann). They’ve played 25+ shows since inception, including several stops throughout BC, and will be heading out on cross-country tour in May 2019 in support of their debut album, due out soon!
Venue
517 Yates
Bar / Nightclub
Capacity188
In-Person Event
Tue. January 28th 2020 + Add to Calendar
Lucky Bar
