Things are looking up for Portland-based indie electronica band, Starfucker. Although they briefly changed their name to PYRAMID then to Pyramiddd, they are back to the original name – which really suits their quirky music and stage personas better anyway. Although they had a taste of financial success from having “Rawnald Gregory Erickson The Second” featured in a Target commercial, changing their name back may have had brought some better luck their way because they’ve recently announced some big news.
After recently signing with Polyvinyl Records, they announced a huge tour for September and October where they’ll be supporting the band The Octopus Project. To celebrate these gigs, they’ve released a new single titled “Julius.” On October 12th, it’ll physically be released with “Helium Muffin” as a b-side on a 7″. You should save some cash for this release because only the first 500 will be in a limited edition blue vinyl.
“Julius” doesn’t steer away from their signature synth pop jam sound but it does manage to sparkle with a light weight the same time as it pulls you into deep layers of synthesizers. There’s a lot of reverb drowning out the vocals – which isn’t something new with this band – but it gives off a nice dance vibe that is a bit more chill rather than cheesy.
Check it out below! I’ve also included their cover of Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” off of their first album, Jupiter. For some reason, these boys like to cross dress at their shows. So it isn’t surprising to see a little of that in the promo photo above or hear their rendition of this song made famous by an 80s icon.
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