BY B AO L E - H U U SEEYOUSOON | PHOTO BY ANAND SHETH
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to live a life of disappointment. But for the rest of us, there’s Tim Cappello, he Orlando hip-hop of said famous goods from the 1980s. In collective Seeyousoon high-profile appearances in The Lost Boys movie and Tina Turner’s band, he was the have been hard at work embodiment of how close the words “sax” honing their musical and “sex” really are. But now, with his vision and infiltrating first solo album (2018’s Blood on the Reed), Cappello is finally out there claiming the electronic his own spotlight rather than just being underworld a sideman, albeit one of the more eyepopping examples in all human history. Keeping the youth fount of nostalgia flowperson around you is vaccinated is an ing will be leading Orlando synthwavers actual coin toss in Florida. So, yeah, pro- Moondragon and ACP Pro. Speaking of responsible productions, the reinstated tect yourself if you go out. mask requirement for Will’s Pub concerts Donzii, Body Shop, Mother Juno, is still in effect. (8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, Leatherette: This bill is a Florida Will’s Pub, $12-$15) bonanza of both music and flair. Miami’s Donzii bring performance-art sensibiliSchizophonics, The Tremolords: ties to their post-punk sounds. Buzzing When it comes to pure stage thrill, these new Orlando act Body Shop — powered San Diego supernovas operate on a very by two of Orlando’s most exciting young rarefied plane. Their true-believer garage performers (Red Rodeo’s Kit Dee and rock is jacked with proto-punk danger Spoon Dogs’ Sam Crow) — will finally be and pumps with the hot live blood of making their debut as a full band. Local the MC5 and James Brown. It’s a perfect act Mother Juno is a modern-day EBM storm that makes them one of the most savior. And OK, so maybe you don’t know electrifying stage bands alive right now. who Leatherette is. Well, it’s an alias, Opening will be Orlando’s own legends and it’s actually Spoon Dogs, whose wild the Tremolords (fka the Hate Bombs), the live reputation is the stuff of new local only local act with the garage-rock bona legend. Show note: Responsible promoter fides to keep up with the Schizophonics. Montgomery Drive will make masks avail- Between Pat Beers’ sick Pete Townshendable at the door for everyone. (8 p.m. esque leaps and Dave Ewing’s legendary Thursday, Sept. 9, Uncle Lou’s, $10) high kicks, the question of who’ll deliver the best stage moves is very much, ahem, Tim Cappello, Moondragon, ACP Pro: up in the air. See above regarding the If you require more than oiled biceps and mask requirement. (8 p.m. Monday, Sept. MUSIC EVENTS THIS WEEK smooth-ass saxophones then, damn, you 13, Will’s Pub, $12) Statistically, the odds that any given are one serious diva and are destined baolehuu@orlandoweekly.com Prismatic Orlando alternative-rap collective Seeyousoon have officially kicked off the countdown to their sophomore LP with the launch of new single “No Daylight.” And it happens to be one of the best, most penetrating tracks to come from the nine-member crew yet. Influenced by German dance-music heritage, this first single from upcoming album HZLIKEHELL is a dank, claustrophobic throb that comes accompanied by a well-produced and fittingly paranoid video. But it’s more than just lightning in a bottle. The better and bigger news is that my advance peek of the new album reveals that “No Daylight” is a telling forecast of what’s to be unleashed this autumn when HZLIKEHELL drops in full. Like the single, the album sports a decidedly electronic pulse in its urgent veins, often pairing hard-thumping Euro vibes with intense, up-close raps to cast a dark spell that digs under the skin and into the head. Seeyousoon’s six vocalists and three producers are a lot of firepower, to be sure, but it could also be a lot to synthesize. As “No Daylight” and the rest of HZLIKEHELL will soon prove, though, this splashy gang have been hard at work honing their vision and are now moving like a commando rap unit infiltrating the electronic underworld. Both the song and the video for “No Daylight” are streaming everywhere. Expect more singles leading up to this fall’s album release and the group’s performance at Miami’s III Points in October.
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