This Little Underground: new releases + concert picks

LOCAL RELEASES

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.

MUSIC EVENTS THIS WEEK

Statistically, the odds that any given person around you is vaccinated is an actual coin toss in Florida. So, yeah, protect yourself if you go out.

Donzii, Body Shop, Mother Juno,

Leatherette: This bill is a Florida bonanza of both music and flair. Miami’s Donzii bring performance-art sensibilities to their post-punk sounds. Buzzing new Orlando act Body Shop — powered by two of Orlando’s most exciting young performers (Red Rodeo’s Kit Dee and Spoon Dogs’ Sam Crow) — will finally be making their debut as a full band. Local act Mother Juno is a modern-day EBM savior. And OK, so maybe you don’t know who Leatherette is. Well, it’s an alias, and it’s actually Spoon Dogs, whose wild live reputation is the stuff of new local legend. Show note: Responsible promoter Montgomery Drive will make masks available at the door for everyone. (8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9, Uncle Lou’s, $10)

Orlando hip-hop collective Seeyousoon have been hard at work honing their musical vision and infiltrating the electronic underworld

Tim Cappello, Moondragon, ACP Pro: If you require more than oiled biceps and smooth-ass saxophones then, damn, you are one serious diva and are destined

BY BAO LE-HUU

SEEYOUSOON | PHOTO BY ANAND SHETH

to live a life of disappointment. But for the rest of us, there’s Tim Cappello, he of said famous goods from the 1980s. In high-profile appearances in The Lost Boys movie and Tina Turner’s band, he was the embodiment of how close the words “sax” and “sex” really are. But now, with his first solo album (2018’s Blood on the Reed), Cappello is finally out there claiming his own spotlight rather than just being a sideman, albeit one of the more eyepopping examples in all human history. Keeping the youth fount of nostalgia flowing will be leading Orlando synthwavers Moondragon and ACP Pro. Speaking of responsible productions, the reinstated mask requirement for Will’s Pub concerts is still in effect. (8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, Will’s Pub, $12-$15)

Schizophonics, The Tremolords:

When it comes to pure stage thrill, these San Diego supernovas operate on a very rarefied plane. Their true-believer garage rock is jacked with proto-punk danger and pumps with the hot live blood of the MC5 and James Brown. It’s a perfect storm that makes them one of the most electrifying stage bands alive right now. Opening will be Orlando’s own legends the Tremolords (fka the Hate Bombs), the only local act with the garage-rock bona fides to keep up with the Schizophonics. Between Pat Beers’ sick Pete Townshendesque leaps and Dave Ewing’s legendary high kicks, the question of who’ll deliver the best stage moves is very much, ahem, up in the air. See above regarding the mask requirement. (8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13, Will’s Pub, $12)

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