ACTIVE CHILD: CURTIS LANE

Los Angeles-based electronic-pop artist Active Child releases his debut EP titled Curtis Lane on FILTER US Recordings today. The EP can be purchased digitally through the iTunes music store HEREor on 10″ white vinyl, which is available through his official Web site.

Active Child is the new project from choirboy-turned-indie pop musician Pat Grossi. The influence of chorale singing, along with the sensibility of non-secular music, is as apparent in Active Child’s work as the influence of cherished pop bands like New Order, Joy Division and Tears for Fears. Active Child has already garnered complimentary critical praise from the likes of notable outlets such as NME, The Guardian, LA Weekly, Pitchfork, Stereogum and many others. Active Child’s debut collection of songs features the skilled use of various ’80s-tinged synths to create ethereal, soaring soundscapes punctuated by crisp electronic drum samples and handclaps. All of this lays the groundwork for Grossi’s exquisite vocals which, with their unearthly sound and evocative lyrics, take on an enchanting, hymnal quality that would not be out of place amongst the richly colored sunlight of a church’s stained-glass interior. Active Child’s songs are an intriguing study in contrast. The organic elements of Grossi’s angelic vocals and the occasional delicate strumming of a harp cast light on the eerie darkness created by the haunting synths and cavernous reverberating of percussion.
Currently touring the UK with White Rabbits, Active Child will be performing Stateside on Monday, June 7, at Mercury Lounge in New York City and on Friday, June 18, at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles, CA, to showcase the hypnotic and otherworldly sounds contained within his exciting new body of work.

Tour Dates:
June
7 New York – Mercury Lounge
18 Los Angeles – Bootleg Theatre