EMBRACE PRESENTS

WASHED OUT & SMALL BLACK
With Guest TRUST
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 – Wrongbar
1279 Queen Street West, Toronto

“Blog-buzzed lo-fi pop sensation.”
- Exclaim.ca

Embrace is pleased to announce Washed Out & Small Black will perform at Wrongbar on Wednesday, April 7, 2010.

Washed Out is Ernest Greene, a young guy from Georgia (via South Carolina) who makes bedroom synthpop that sounds blurred and woozily evocative, like someone smeared Vaseline all over an early OMD demo tape, then stayed up all night trying to recreate what they heard.

There’s a sense of longing and distance in Greene’s somber, filtered vocals, but it’s what he does compositionally that makes Washed Out stand out. Backed by gently pulsing, Balearic-tinged disco, Greene’s voice takes on a new dimension. Reminiscent of groups like The Glass and the Chromatics, Washed Out is the music to end your night with, when the city is quiet and the walk home, long.

After disappearing into the attic of Uncle Matt’s house on Long Island for a long winter with their casios & samplers, Josh Kolenik and Ryan Heyner emerged with pop songs melding strange beats, dreamy synths, tape hiss & laid-back melodies. Teaming up with longtime collaborators Juan Pieczanski and Jeff Curtin, the band fleshed out the bedroom sound for live performance, combining a full drum kit with sampled drums, live bass, keyboards and samplers. After tearing through nine shows in under a week for CMJ, the band was asked to play in a wide range of places, from small art spaces to big venues and everything in between.

Described by Pitchfork as “absurdly addictive” and “soul-stirring,” Small Black released their self-titled EP on CassClub on October 13th. After completing a split 7-inch remix project with Washed Out (out soon on Lovepump United), as well as a UK single for “Despicable Dogs” (out now on Transparent), the band is gearing up to finish the full LP in an empty house in Delaware over the next few months.

GA TICKETS $12.00 Advance (plus service charge) • +19 Event • Doors @ 10PM

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