The Rentals & Rey Pila will be performing tonight May 18th at The Loving
Touch.
For The Rentals this will mark their first Detroit performance in nearly a
decade, in support of their acclaimed 2014 album, Lost In Alphaville,
which Rolling Stone called, "a tasty slice of indie pop that's not
too sweet,” and Pitchfork called, “a bold step into the unknown.”
With Lost In Alphaville Matt Sharp kicked the dust off The Rentals name,
bringing together an all-star cast of musicians to record with, including
Patrick Carney (The Black Keys) on drums, Holly Laessig & Jess Wolfe of
Lucuis on female vocals, Ryan Slegr (Ozma) on guitar & Lauren Chipman (The
Section Quartet) on viola/piano, with Sharp producing, playing bass &
synths, and mixing by maestro D. Sardy (Jay Z/U2), creating the finest Rentals
album to date. Keeping the musical-collective tradition that Sharp has always
employed with the band alive, the ever evolving, ever revolving door of
guest Rentals collaborators on this tour will feature Shawn Glassford
(Starf**ker) on bass and synthesizers, Lizzy Ellison & Patti King (Radiation
City) on vocals and synthesizers, Ryen Slegr (Ozma) on guitar, Ted Gowans (Tegan
& Sara) on guitar,
Jared Shavelson on drums who will all swirl around
Sharp’s deadpan vocals while he wildly conducts the onstage analog
synth madness. You can watch live footage from the band’s Los Angeles
performance last September in the video for the single “1000 Seasons” & download Lost
In Alphaville here.
Mexico City’s Rey Pila will release their sophomore album, The Future
Sugar, this summer on Cult Records, and join The Rentals leading in,
premiering new single, “What A
Nice Surprise”, this week via SPIN, who called it, "a glittering
build-up of reverberating synths and ’80s-inspired guitar licks."
The
Future Sugar was recorded in New York City with producer Chris Coady (Beach
House/Wavves) and caught the ears of Julian Casablancas, who signed the band to
Cult Records in 2013, releasing the single “Alexander”
in late 2013, and following with “Blast” last
July. Rey Pila spent the fall on tour supporting Interpol, performing on Last
Call with Carson Daly twice, and at Austin City Limits Festival, causing
the Austin American-Statesman to ask, “Is Rey Pila the coolest band
performing Saturday at ACL?” and KEXP to add, “Mixing the sounds of Roxy
Music, Simple Minds… Rey Pila make great new wave music for a new generation of
fans.”