Secret Cities – 8/23

A rockin’ night featuring SECRET CITIES (Fargo, North Dakota psychelic dark pop trio on Western Vinyl), DIKES OF HOLLAND (Garage r n’ r twang from Austin. ex-When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth) and OBNOX!

Started by MJ Parker and Charlie Gokey at the tender age of 15, Secret Cities grew out of a shared love of psychedelic pop and a pen-pal arrangement that saw the pair trading 4-track tapes through the mail. The band eventually expanded to a trio with the addition of fellow Midwesterner and kindred spirit Alex Abnos (aka Kansas City’s Tut Tut) on drums. After a few small releases on Baltimore’s Fall Records, the band released its proper full length debut (the well-received Pink Graffiti) in 2010 on Western Vinyl. Following a nationwide tour in support of that release, the band spent several intense months writing and recording new material, re-imagining their sound as a fractured take on classic AM radio pop. Strange Hearts, the resulting album, is due in on March 29 on Western Vinyl.