Tomorrow night (11.14) NYC’s Overcoats will be bringing their mellow electro-soul music to NYC’s lower east side. Although only comprised of two musicians, Hana Ellon and JJ Mitchell, the band offers music that’s diverse and multi-layered. Their voices, confident and seducing, bring to mind Lucius’ amazing harmonizing, and rise above the electronic instrumental base present throughout most of their self-titled EP. Single “The Fog” (streaming) begins sparsely, with pulsating vocal harmonies and a percussive loop, but as the two sing “Freedom is when I’m without you,” a drum thud and simple electric piano chords set the stage for some beautiful vocal arrangements. Definitely a band to keep an ear on, you can see them at Pianos tomorrow night. – Isabel Rolston
