Minipop delivers the maximum at Spaceland

Maybe it's just residual bliss, but Minipop's set Sunday night at Spaceland echoes off the cobwebbed recesses of my brain this morning like the delay on singer Tricia Kanne's vocals.

The San Francisco quartet, which released its debut album "A New Hope" (Take Root Records) last week, was opening for local shoegazers Eskimohunter and indie heroes Cursive. But it was as good a 9 o'clock set as you'll see at the Silver Lake club, the two-woman, two-man ensemble layering thick bass, driving guitars and keening synths as a foundation for Kanne's celestial vocals. It was gorgeous stuff; U.K. dream-pop bands from the '90s and before, such as Lush, Heavenly and the Darling Buds, particularly this song, come to mind.

Yes, it's a sound many have tried, but Minipop makes it work with savvy pop songwriting and onstage confidence (many a purveyor of this kind of music comes off precious), and on "A New Hope" Minipop's dream-pop sounds as fresh as ever thanks to the production work of Chris Manning (once a member of Jellyfish).

The band has no further L.A. dates planned until the new year.

Photo of Tricia Kanne by Kevin Bronson / LAT

Comments

[Chet Pang]

I couldn't agree more. Saw Minipop for the first time sunday and fell in love. Can't wait for them to come back to LA so I can drag others to see them.