Last night, Frankie Rose and the band played at our very own Soundlab, courtesy of Supernaut Productions, to showcase her most recent album, Interstellar.

Canary Girls, a local band kick started the evening with electro-indie tunes, accompanied for the first time with a new band member, Bernice Radle, a keyboardist who in addition complemented the band's original set with smooth backing harmony.  They filled the space of Soundlab with bright melodies and pulsing rhythms that bounced of each other with precision and high energy.

Frankie Rose and the band took the stage shortly after the Canary Girls were finished with their set- Rose's band included a drummer, bassist, keyboardist and a guitarist, though Frankie herself worked a guitar as well.

The highlight of their set proved to be the acapella-like excursion that Frankie and the accompanying back-up vocalist traversed (the one on the keyboard), the two voices blended together seamlessly, filling the venue with an infectious wave of vocal reverie reminiscent of Cocteau Twins. Frankie ended the set-list with Interstellar's second to last song on "Moon In My Mind", a slower piece fueled by a moody, tugging bassline. It was an appropriate song to end with as it characterized the demeanor Rose's music exuded- an ode to 80s synth dream-pop, but perhaps with a more ominously sinister edge; think of a witch's cabin in a fairy-tale setting.