Dissonance in rock music is not infrequent, but we’d be hard pressed to find it in pop – except… we just did! Brooklyn’s Painted Zeros are not afraid to use discordant chords within their otherwise perfectly dream-pop tunes. The effect is rather interesting: that dreaminess becomes somewhat weird, and the concept itself of ‘dream’ assumes a deeper, more troubled meaning, reminiscent of the strident juxtaposition of good and awful dreams in David Lynch’s masterpiece Mulholland Drive. The band’s recent video for single "Too Drunk" (streaming) seem to reflect this ambivalence, portraying intoxicated fans in some kind of air-french-kissing competition – which is at once awesome and fucked up. The band will be playing at Union Pool on June 4th opening for Austin’s The Zoltars.
