Last weekend, Memphis’ own Optic Sink debuted Glass Blocks, released by Cincinnati’s Feel It Records, at the Memphis Listening Lab and played the album in its entirety at the Lamplighter. Natalie Hoffman (whom you might know from the band NOTS) and Ben Bauermeister are joined by Keith Cooper, who adds driving bass to their Moog washes and rhythmic beeps and bloops.
“Modelesque” takes inspiration from Kraftwerk with a “so straight it’s funky” beat. (And really, if you’re in a synth band, you should be constantly asking yourself “What would Kraftwerk do?”) The video, directed by Noah Thomas Miller, sees the band getting stiff in some of your favorite bars. It’s strangely compelling.
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