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Tremolo Fest 2025: Night 2
Tremolo 2025 Night Two:
*** Topographies *** (San Francisco)
Topographies is a coldwave group based in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The group was founded by Justin Oronos, Jeremie Ruest and Gray Tolhurst. The band’s sound developed from ethereal shoegaze and dreampop to a more streamlined coldwave sound over the course of several early EPs and crystallized in their debut record "Ideal Form" (2020). This record outlined their unique aesthetic: the icy drums and lockstep bass of coldwave meeting the hazy textures of shoegaze guitars, united by Tolhurt’s introspective and impassioned vocal melodies and lyrics.
https://topographies.bandcamp.com/
*** Cool Heat *** (Chicago)
COOL HEAT is the dream pop project of Chicago-based musician and photographer Eden Sierotnik. In 2024 he released his second full length album Abandon on Spirit Goth Records and subsequently went on his first tour. "Multi-faceted and effortlessly modern, the project’s name is apt; with every single track in his discography, Sierotnik proves with his highly meticulous, maximalist synth work that it is entirely possible to balance opposing ideas, sounds, and textures with finesse." - kid with a vinyl
https://coolheat.bandcamp.com/
*** Mo Dotti *** (Los Angeles)
Mo Dotti are from the perennially sunny, noisy, and hazy Los Angeles, CA. Touchstones are Isn’t Anything-era MBV, Slowdive and Split-era Lush or maybe that’s because the vocals share Emma Anderson and Miki Berenyi’s innocent rendering of a kind of quintessential British sadness that seems to have swept through the West Coast of the USA’s guitar groups of late.
*** Present *** (California)
Present is a five-piece band from the Bay Area, California, known for blending various genres and bringing a modern grunge twist to the alt-rock music of their youth. Their music draws clear inspiration from iconic '90s bands, while also showcasing their own distinct sound.
https://presentband.bandcamp.com/
*** Guest Directors *** (Seattle)
Jazzmasters drenched in reverb. Post-shoegaze rock, dream pop, power pop and noise. Bluesy, dreamy, shreddy, psychedelic.https://guestdirectors.bandcamp.com/
Male//Gaze (Kingston, WA)male//gaze is a five-piece Seattle band creating "extreme pop" that blends shoegaze, hardcore, and synth pop. Over three years, they've released an album, EP, and multiple singles while opening for acts like Dank and Flesh Produce, earning recognition for their "aggressively cathartic" sound. Their music explores themes of healing from trauma and self-reflection, balancing intensity with beauty in performances that create genuine connections with audiences.https://malegazeband.bandcamp.com/