Considering that Valentine’s Day falls on a Sunday this year, it feels as if it’s been V-Day since, oh, Thursday or so. (And the movie–which took in a surprising $52M this weekend–ain’t helping matters.) Well now that the holiday has finally arrived, everyone who normally doesn’t like Valentine’s Day is downright sick of it. And Chop Suey is here to to help.
Head over to the club tonight for an utter lack of schmoopy-woopiness. Still Life Still is completely at home in the Toronto scene. They’ve got the Arts & Crafts taut-yet-jammy sound down, even though they’re still babies (the band formed in 1999 when four of the members were in junior high). If you’ve grown tired waiting for the new official Broken Social Scene album, check them out. Meanwhile, Wild Beasts is a band not afraid of the falsetto. Singer Hayden Thorpe breaks it out often, and with much gusto. It’s both of these bands’ first times in Seattle, so give ‘em some Valentine’s Day love.
- Still Life Still, Wild Beasts, and “guests” play an all-ages show at Chop Suey tonight. Doors are at 7pm, $12.