Slippery People • Photo by Thea Kynthia

Live music w/ Slippery People
When: Thu Jun 10
Time: 8pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Slippery People
http://www.slipperypeople.com/
Formed in San Francisco in the summer of 2001, Slippery People has grown into a musical force that continues to surprise club dwellers around the City. While the band tips its hat to the New Wave, Ska, and Rock movements of the early 80s, the sound has synthesized into a unique cacophony of pop creativity that constantly catches folks off guard.

“We really admire bands like the Talking Heads, Prince, and the English Beat for their approach to song craft,” explains Slippery alumnus Phil Aaronson. “Those artists came along during a time period when music was created either to conform to universally accepted standards of what Pop Radio sounded like, or to throw those conventions to the wind. While those bands broke the mold, so to speak, they also redefined what popular music could be—and those echoes are still felt to this day.”

Slippery People has taken the best elements of their influences—analog synths, electronic percussion, and round acoustic drums, as well as horns, jangly guitars and monstrously percussive bass—to creative the sonic stew they have entitled, “CAUTION: SLIPPERY PEOPLE.” The album serves as both a Red Level alert, as well as a clean shot across the bow of San Francisco’s rutted alternative scene.

“At the end of the day, we are a pop band, and we give the people what they want,” continues Phil. “When you see the Slippery People perform, there is an element of, ‘What is this all about?’ We’re not shoe gazers. In fact, we are quite the opposite—dramatic and ecstatic. We’ve seen the most jaded scenesters start to dance at our shows, only to catch themselves as if to say, ‘Is this real or ironic?’”