van go lion make electropop debut at ash st.

When winter gets drizzly and cold, it's nice to bounce around inside to sunny pop.

Van Go Lion hare just the right blend of sugary sweetness coating their smooth electropop, and they're making their live premier at Ash St. Saloon on Saturday, February 27th with loop-ninja Tony Smiley and indie sentiments from Just Lions.

Like all matches made in heaven, singer Amy Paige met keys whiz Josh Loerzel on Craigslist. A love of Prince, Tears for Fears, Hall & Oates, Eurythmics, early Madonna, and some Boyz II Men made this pair swoon together. Hunched over their MIDI boards and Macbooks, they got serious about pop music and wanna bring some R-E-S-P-E-C-T to the genre with their self-titled debut of “retro-electropop.”

Through floating, down tempo ballads, punchy beats, and humming synths, Van Go Lion is a happy-go-lucky dance party for growing up and making mistakes.

Show starts at 9:30 PM, $5.

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q/a: electropop duo van go lion preps for live debut

Fresh on the productive PDX scene, Van Go Lion bounce pure, candied electropop ready-made for immediate dance parties “in your room, in your underwear, in front of the mirror, and on top of the bed.”

With synths that swoon and shiver, Van Go Lion is dancey and frolicking–always looking to the sunny side for some inspiration whether you’re aging (aka 25) and having a mid-mid-life crisis or ready for reckless merrymaking.

On the six tracks recorded for their self-titled demo, singer Amy Paige’s voice is commanding and versatile handling trip-hop ballads and feisty hooks as Josh Loerzel (and Mac) provide the layers, loops, synths, and thwacking beats.

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