Admission with MusicfestNW Wristband or $13 at the door. Doors open at 8pm.
Los Angeles-based Tropic Of Cancer is the solo project of Camella Lobo. Though her music has been labeled gothic, cold wave and drone pop, Lobo’s take on her influences is anything but nostalgic. Tropic Of Cancer has managed to imbue its own elusive gaze and craft a strangely beautiful and intoxicating sound in the wake of its predecessors.
Majestic, booming drum machine beats and cascading string synths cradle Lobo’s vocals, which strike a delicate balance between the ethereal and foreboding. Her lyrics are chanted in and out of chambers of reverb, piercing guitar rhythms and hypnotic ambience.
“Tropic of Cancer’s at once funereal and exhilaratingly romantic sound – with perfect pop hooks buried deep under oceans of reverb – has earned them a considerable, and well-deserved, cult following” (FACT magazine)
Formerly a duo with minimal electronic artist Silent Servant (Juan Mendez), Tropic Of Cancer has been stoking a slow-burning cult following since its first EP (The Dull Age) on Berlin-based label, Downwards in 2009. Later releases on the label, and The Sorrow of Two Blooms, an EP released on London imprint Blackest Ever Black, catapulted Tropic Of Cancer into the underground spotlight. Lobo’s most recent release as a solo artist, Permissions Of Love is in its second pressing on Italian-based label, Mannequin Records.
Lobo, who toured UK/Europe with HTRK last year, and this year the West Coast U.S. with Demdike Stare will be supported on stage by Taylor Burch of the band, DVA DAMAS.