Lip Critic and Pop Music Fever Dream at Yong Xin Tan Laundromat
Ahead of the release of new album, Theft World, New York City’s Lip Critic have a series of shows called Theft Saga taking place in three spaces in Brooklyn and Manhattan, which sold out shortly after the band announced the series on their Instagram account. Up first on Saturday, March 21st was Laundromat, which occurred at an actual laundromat that closed earlier than usual to host the event. All three shows feature performances by the band in advance of Theft World’s release on Partisan Records on May 1st.
Fans were encouraged to bring garments for free screenprinting which took place near the laundromat’s entrance/exit. The opening act for the first night was NYC’s Pop Music Fever Dream, who began their set at 8PM, with Lip Critic taking the stage (technically, back area of a laundromat) at 8:30PM. The band performed their two new singles, “Jackpot,” and “Legs in a Snare,” along with older material while fans sang along and formed a mosh pit. The sweaty show at the laundromat came to an end at 9:30PM with many sticking around to buy merchandise, have items screenprinted, smoke cigarettes outside and chat.
There are two remaining events in the Theft Saga series: up next is Basement on Thursday, March 26th (in Manhattan) and the final night, Boxing Ring, takes place in Brooklyn on Thursday, April 9th.