Showdown Presents
STRFKR live in Anchorage
National Synth-pop, Indie-Dance band hailing from Portland, Oregon.
Friday, March 27th
Doors 8:00 pm
Tickets $25 Advance, $30 GA, $80 VIP, available at Williwaw and online at showdownalaska.eventbrite.com
Featuring Aural Imago, Turquoise Boy, and Vik Sibes.
Strfkr:

Website: http://strfkr.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Tz1DTzVJ5Gyh8ZwVr6ekU?si=0xs3RqsvQHuswF2eIuLHfQ
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFFYKAZDmU_y7z1flmIayAA

When Hodges started STRFKR in 2007, it was designed to be success-proof. The name was both unfit for radio and a jab at fame-chasers. But the project was also meant to be bright, playful and brimming with energy. He stumbled upon a winning juxtaposition that's a STRFKR staple to this day: dark (or heavy) lyrics set to happy music. Hodges credits that to Elliott Smith's influence, although Being No One, Going Nowhere has closer sonic kin in Italo-disco, kosmische musik and Tony Hoffer's work with Phoenix, Beck and M83. English thinker/writer Alan Watts, a scholar of Eastern philosophy, was another muse for Hodges -- his voice appears on nearly every STRFKR release, including this one. That's him on "interspace," talking about sloughing off preconceived identity to find one's place in the universe, which is the story of Hodges' eventual career: stop trying -- no, start not trying -- and succeed.