Local electro-rock outfit, The Actors, are recording a new batch of songs at Tiny Telephone this week, and like true hard-working rockers they’re also taking a break tonight to light up the Rickshaw Stop with Sunbeam Rd. and Phantom Kicks. The band was nice enough (and confident enough) to let me hang around and shoot some photos yesterday while they tracked a new song.
When I visited Tiny Telephone, spirits were high. Their wise-cracking drummer Cory Aboud had just been through his first day at a new job while front man Phil Maves and guitarist/keyboardist Dan Leech had spent the day punching in overdubs. It’s their first time at Tiny and the band is ditching Pro Tools and taking a more ‘whatever happens, happens’ approach by tracking to tape.
While they were only laying down live basics, the sounds and takes they were getting were rich and juicy. Their enthusiasm for the music was infectious and by the time I started to get familiar with the song they were working on, it was difficult to pull myself away. We’ll keep you posted on when and how these new songs will eventually be birthed into the world.
The Actors and Phantom Kicks are part of a synth-rock revival vanguard in the Bay Area along with bands like Skeletal System, and while Sunbeam Rd. is mostly guitar driven, their lush textures and post-emo vibe fit snugly in the scene. Tonight’s show is also sponsored by our fellow and beloved SF music bloggers Ears of the Beholder and Kata Rokkar. I think it’s fair to say that if you don’t come to the show tonight you’re a complete failure as a human being. Or maybe you’re just busy. Either way.
From their High and Low EP: Theory of Something
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