Liechtenstein feature in tonight's England Belongs to Twee - Adobe Cafe, 5/16/09

 

England Belongs to Twee (EBTT), one of Philadelphia's longest twee/oi! running DJ nights has been presenting some of the most sugary-pop shows in town as of late including; headliners from the UK, Comet Gain, a What's Your Rupture? DJ-hosted dance night, as well as the latest twee breakout act The Pains of Being Pure At Heart. As a Philadelphia companion show for this week and the next's NYC Popfest shows, EBTT is hosting Göteborg, Sweden's all-female trio: Liechtenstein. The group is making their first foray into the US and plays twee and sugar-pop in the vein of beloved groups that came out of the late 70s girl-scene such as Gang Of Four-influenced band Kleenex, The Shop Assistants, and Dolly Mixture. Throw in a little Talulah Gosh mixed with the group's final incarnation Heavenly, and you've got Liechtenstein--choral voices mixed with shoegaze pop, and driven beats! Liechtenstein release their album "Survival Strategies In a Modern World" on Slumberland Records in the US and Fraction Discs in Sweden on May 26th but, if we're lucky, will have advances of the 10" record available for sale at their show here. If twee is your game, you'll want to catch them before they head to NY with accompaniment from support acts Brown Recluse Sings and a Huggy Bear tribute band (members of Des Ark, Middle America & Layers/Quake) rounding out the evening. The fun begins at 9pm, door is $5-7 (sliding scale) and Adobe Cafe is located at 1919 E. Passyunk Avenue in Philadelphia--the show is hosted upstairs at Adobe.


Roses In the Park - Liechtenstein



Liechtenstein - band site / slumberland recs / myspace