$10 Cover @ the Door / Start 7:30pm / Doors 7pm / Seated Show
Seafoam Walls released their debut album “XVI” under Thurston Moore and Eva Prinz’s label Daydream Library Series on November 12, 2021. They are bringing the music of XVI to life for their first time in Boston!
Seafoam Walls
Photo Credit Gabriel Duque
Seafoam Walls is a Caribbean Jazzgaze band from Miami, FL. Jayan Bertrand, who founded the band in 2014, sings and plays guitar. Dion Kerr adds atmosphere and context with his expressive guitar playing. Josh Ewers compliments their distinctive guitar tones with infectious bass lines. Josue Vargas pulls it all together with compact drum samples.
Jayan began his journey as a musician studying metal and classic rock. His first formal lessons after a year of self-taught practice came from a family friend and talented jazz guitarist, Bemol Telfort. Those early lessons opened him up to the sounds of jazz. That naturally led him to Dion, Josh, and Josue. The versatility exhibited by the four of them can be heard in the melding of jazz, metal, classic rock, indie rock, shoegaze, math rock, hip-hop, and Afro-Caribbean rhythms. Of this multi-hyphenated sound, the ones that stick out the most are the Caribbean rhythms, jazzy chord progressions, and the ethereal shoegaze effects. They coined the term Caribbean Jazzgaze to simplify that description.
They released their first EP, titled R-E-F-L-E-C-T, in 2018. ROOT was the effort of several sessions at Purdy Lane Studios and was dropped the following year. Seafoam took this sound, unlike any other in Miami, and showcased it at III Points for two consecutive years alongside artists like Thundercat, Blood Orange, Tyler, the Creator, and Gorillaz; all influences of the band itself. A year away from that stage and many others led to the recording of their first LP. Just as the record was nearing its completion, a chance encounter and introduction made their debut release on Thurston Moore and Eva Prinz’s Daydream Library Series a possibility. To top it all off, they also made their first Afropunk Festival appearance the same year.
Retrograde88
Retrograde88 is a dream pop and psychedelic band from Boston. They formed in October 2021 when they met at Berklee College of Music. Members include lead vocalist Francesca Londono, bassist Maddie Russell, guitarist Olivia Monarch, drummer Jack Becker, and synth/keys player Gabriel de Solages. They write to create a dream-like atmosphere of euphoria. Their works are filled with dreamy vocals, floaty guitar and synth parts, funky baselines and groovy drums. The bands influences range from psychedelic music and synthwave to latin and eastern folkloric sounds.