“If this is deliverance then throw me in the Bay.”
Announced with staccato punkish pounded drums and ascending electric guitar that leaves the listener in a ghostly, spacious plain of shoegaze, Strawberry Blonde is the debut album by Oakland indie rock duo In Life. Vocalist Nick Noro (Survival, Adjudicator) and guitarist/producer Omar Moon (Fiction Nation) have constructed a strange and intriguing half hour of songs here, bleeding together classic rock style riffs and guitar solos, goth washes of ambience, and even frivolous poppy dance punk tracks—all tied together through Moon’s gauzy production and Noro’s grim, moody voice.
Celebrate the record release with In Life on Wednesday, September 27 at the Golden Bull in Oakland.
