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“… Strawberry Army was another band that I was able to catch for the first time at this gig, but I was already familiar with their music. In fact, after I heard their single “Clementine”, and their lead singer’s hypnotic vocals over an aggressive punk infused groove, I reached out to them to see if they’d be interested in rocking my Madame Siam showcase. When I found out that the founding, identical twin sisters Zoe and Rio Infante were only 15 years old (now 16), I had to, at the time, reconsider them playing my 21+ club.
What’s impressed me with this young band is the amount of content they keep pushing out and the number of gigs that they keep lining up. After they dropped their solid debut EP Citrus Grove in 2018, they came back in 2019 with another similarly solid sophomore EP RED. Their music is breezy punk that’s fun and spirited, and likely to put smile on your face, or give your belly a laugh. I’m mean, “Melancholy Burger”? HAHAHA. That’s 1:14 of stupid fun that I just can’t stop listening to for some reason.
Their performance for Jen was equally as entertaining. For a band that’s so young, I was impressed with how polished and self-assured- even when their guitar player’s axe strap goes bad during the show- they are on stage. Clearly, their relentless gigging around town has helped them in developing their live show. Their lead singer (I don’t know whether that’s Zoe or Rio as I haven’t quite figured that out yet), embodies a natural, sassy confidence that many performer’s can only dream of having…”
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