Cryptacize is the Bay Area trio comprised of Chris Cohen (The Curtains) on guitar and vocals, Nedelle Torrisi (former Kill Rock Stars artist, The Curtains) on autoharp, strings, guitar, vocals and more, and Michael Carreira on drums. Their debut album, Dig That Treasure (out 2/19 on Asthmatic Kitty), is inspired by the larger-than-life emotions of West Side Story, the joyfully percussive guitar gospel of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Wizard of Oz's bittersweet escapism, the other-world sentimentality of Sun Ra's Spaceship Lullaby, and Henry Cowell's ethereal piano string strumming. Every song on this new album is a dreamy habitat built out of the minimum materials. Sudden rhythmic gestures and frequent key changes combined with Chris and Nedelle's mesmerizing vocals may leave a listener feeling pleasantly disoriented in a song.
Performing live, Nedelle, Mike and Chris watch each other intently, moving in an intuitive way to an unheard pulse, bringing their delicately constructed songs to new life.
Additionally, Cryptacize have a new video they directed themselves for "Cosmic Sing-a-long".
Cryptacize Tour Dates:
Wed. Jan. 23 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall w/ The Blow, Mirah
Sat. Mar. 8 Tucson, AZ @ Solar Culture Gallery w/ Why?
Sun. Mar. 9 Phoenix, AZ @ Modified Arts w/ Why?
Tue. Mar. 11 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves w/ Why?
Sun. Mar. 16 Houston, TX @ Rudyard's Pub w/ Why?, Samara Lubelski
Mon. Mar. 17 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon w/ Why?, Panther
Tue. Mar. 18 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn @ MJC Concourse w/ Why?
Wed. Mar. 19 Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle w/ Why?, Doofgoobin
Fri. Mar. 21 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church w/ Why?, Br. Danielson
Sat. Mar. 22 New York, NY @ Knitting Factory w/ Why?, Panther, Son Lux
Sun. Mar. 23 New Haven, CT @ BAR w/ Why?
Mon. Mar. 24 Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse w/ Why?
Tue. Mar. 25 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East w/ Why?
Wed. Mar. 26 Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa w/ Why?
Thu. Mar. 27 Toronto, ON @ Silver Dollar w/ Why?
Fri. Mar. 28 Ann Arbor, MI @ Pierpont @ Univ. of Michigan w/ Why?, Hopalong
Sat. Mar. 29 Chicago, IL @ Hideout w/ Citay
Sun. Mar. 30 St. Louis, MO @ Lemp Arts Center w/ Citay
Mon. Mar. 31 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
Tue. Apr. 1 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
Thu. Apr. 3 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
You can listen to two mp3s off of Cryptacize's Dig That Treasure here:
"Cosmic Sing-a-long": http://asthmatickitty.com/mp3/cryptacize_-_dig_that_treasure_-_cosmic_sing_along.mp3.
"No Coins": http://asthmatickitty.com/mp3/cryptacize_-_dig_that_treasure_-_no_coins.mp3.
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