Saturday, August 7, 2010
This Blue Heaven EP Release presented by Boston Band Crush
Middle East Upstairs
472 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA (map)
7pm doors, 18+, $10 adv/$12 dos (tickets)
with The Downbeat 5, The Sun Lee Sunbeam, Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling, St. Helena, and Naked on Roller Skates.
For set times and to RSVP, check out the Facebook event page.
This Blue Heaven is female-fronted power pop bursting from the heart of the Boston indie rock scene. Catchy but never canned, the quintet’s rich, melodic offerings, delivered with brazen innocence by frontwoman MacKenzie Outlund, beckon you into a vibrant world of shimmering guitars, hooky synths, and driving beats. In three years together, the band has drawn comparisons to Cyndi Lauper, Death Cab For Cutie, and U2. But among fans who crowd clubs across New England and beyond to join the colorfully clad group in their signature handclaps and whoa-ohs, the response most echoed is simply, "Your music makes me happy."
The group’s latest project is Spinning and Shining, a five-song EP produced by Paul Q. Kolderie (Radiohead, Pixies), set for local release August 7, 2010. With this dazzling collection of tunes about light and love, This Blue Heaven has proven once again their power to melt the coldest heart, to remind you of all the reasons you love being alive, to make you see that their world and your world are one and the same.
MacKenzie Outlund - vocals
Stu Dietz - guitar, vocals
Aaron Rosenthal - keyboards
Mark Desrosiers - bass
Brandon Erdos - drums
info at thisblueheaven dot com
