Bearsuit + Canasta + Pale Young Gentlemen October 19, 2008

Colour Me Pop Presents...

Sunday, October 19 @ Schubas, 8pm, 18+

Bearsuit
Bearsuit are the UK’s finest purveyors of deranged cutie pop. Crash BANG boom! Hold my hand. Shhhhhhhh. No, claw my back. Yowwww!

We first saw them at the Fortuna POP! festival in London in August 2006. They tore through a raucous set that couldn’t have been more than a half hour and had the drunken punters yelling for them to ‘play more rock music!’ It was fantastic. (See a video of them performing ‘Steven F***ing Spielberg’ at this gig.)

When we heard that Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records were finally releasing Bearsuit’s two-year-old record, ‘OH:IO,’ and that the band were coming over to the States for the first time, we knew immediately we wanted to put them on. This gig has been many months in the making!

This is Bearsuit’s first US tour (save for a bit of a disastrous visit to the SXSW festival earlier this spring). Come out and dance with them! Rar!

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Canasta
If you are a Chicagoan and you have never been charmed by Canasta’s confident orchestral pop, we implore you to get to the gig on time! Canasta are one of Chicago’s most accomplished bands. All rich and lush in sound, they top their songs with flourishes of strings and brass. And they aren’t afraid to use some hand-claps every now and again.

Of course, if you have seen them before, you know exactly what we’re talking about.

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Pale Young Gentlemen
Pale Young Gentlemen are a band from Madison, Wisconsin that, despite their name, do have women in their ranks! They are currently promoting a soon-to-be-released album. They will start the night by sharing some stories and tales with you, accompanied by some special sounds that may include glockenspiel, flute, harp, and french horn. Ooh!

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To round it all off, we will be playing some records between and after the bands' sets. Yay! If there is a song or two you would like to hear, leave it in the comments and we'll see what we can do. And we'd smile even bigger if you danced with us.

Official Website: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=371699764&blogID=421730671&Mytoken=87A60CC9-78E9-4EF0-8496514F51D196A6196298458