Synthcake

I saw these guys playing at Blim gallery on Pender street, the song Musicophilia stuck in my head. Synthcake is the brainchild of Lana Marie Pitre, her voice reminded me of Becky from You Say Party, but the music is darker, more macabre and less new waveish. They are part of a musical indie experimental pop movement that is shaping in Vancouver with bands like Language Arts, The Kidnap Kids, Nothofagus, Aunts and Uncles, Wintermitts, Apollo ghosts, The Rain and The Sidewalk, Petroleum By Products among others, a lot of them fronted by talented women and a lot of them guided by youth. So welcome Synthcake to the movement, and lets follow them through their journey in the music scape of this city of rain.

They define themselves as experimental/psychedelic/pop. Lana, is backed up by Adam and Marty, with Adam she played in the recently defunct band Like Animals Again which was a life changing experience for Lana “I got my first Synth to play in Like Animals Again and I absolutely fell in love. Before my Synth I wrote on the guitar and although I liked my songs I wasn’t compelled to pursue them. Once I got my synth and started to mess around with it I completed my first Synthcake song “dancing brain” and then the rest of the songs to follow. The synth was my muse and my inspiration. It completely changed my song writing and for the better!” refers to Vanmusic about her synth. As of the name, the first part is crystal clear and about the second part Lana finishes “The cake is sweet and indulgent and can be a metaphor for a few things, I like to think of it as a reference to sexuality and music. Something about cake is sexy! or romantic; girl jumping out of cake, weddings etc.”

They have been working incredibly hard on their Synthcake’s first EP “Musicophilia” so they are throwing a listening party by donation on April 8 at the Toast Collective at 468 Kingsway. There will be synth cake (edible!!) and a dance party to follow. There will be a bar to purchase drinks! If you can’t make the listening party the release party will be in June. Come help these guys and mingle with the music community of Vancouver, a lot of them will be there.

BIO

Synthcake is possibly the most eclectic, campy, space pop band to come out of the Vancouver scene. Folks have called it “Sci-fi-delic circus pop” and compared the bands creepy dance ballads to “Electronic banshee serenades” echoing through an “Evil abandoned fair ground”.

With twisted, angelic female vocals, fat grimy synth tones and raunchy, primal dance beats, Synthcakes live show is a hypnotic trip.

The bands debut EP “Musicophilia” is set for release spring 2011.