If you didn’t get to see Pretend‘s stellar performance during Young Lovers’ residency at Pehrspace, know this: Nick Reinhart was grooving pretty damn hard to their music, and Pehrspace hit capacity before the encore.
Now that you know you missed out on something big, here’s a second shot to catch the enigmatic musicians: along with guitar-drum mathcore duo 100 Onces, Pretend will support touring New Jersey trio Vasudeva, whose last album Life in Cycles will definitely connect with fans of upbeat mathy post-rock like Enemies, The Bulletproof Tiger, Dios Trio. Then again, if you know of such bands, you’re probably very familiar with these three and are wondering how you didn’t find out about this earlier.
Presented by Sound of a Vacuum, the show is happening at North Hollywood’s Bonnerhaus, doors open at 8pm. Vasudeva are moving through California for the first time, and tonight they’re playing in Fresno at Frank’s Place/Star Palace with The Unending Thread. You can still catch them on Saturday in Anaheim’s The Eclectic Room with locals like Hollow Ran, Panoramic, and Twentytwofourteen. – Ryan Mo