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Nico Play / Sonic Eddy / niki afsar

Thursday January 5 * 7pm * TICKETS

Nico Play is the bilingual project of Nicolas Perea. Born in Mexico City and currently based in Chicago, Nico writes songs in both Spanish and English.

"Flawless production .. .Perea proves to be the man you want to put your money on." - Melted Magazine
"One of the biggest singles of summer ... " - Week in Pop
"Nico Play has easily released 2 of the best singles we have heard this year." - Small Albums
"Perea delivers divine Latin-dream-pop on his debut." - Velvet Independent

Maya Renfro delves into a new territory of sound with solo project Sonic Eddy after being a core member of DC bands such as Pagan Reagan and the OSYX. Sonic Eddy is an experimental project that allows for both sample-based lofi music and dynamic guitar-fueled looping, paired with driving vocalizations. All musical evolutions are allowed with this ever fluctuating exploration of self.

niki afsar is a nonbinary/femme, iranian-american writer and interdisclipinary artist. since 2015 they have lived and worked in new york city, tehran, the washington dc area, and western massachusetts. their work explores ideas of fluidity and longing within language, hybrid/myriad identities, and mental health. they experiment with a number of mediums including devised movement and performance; poetry and text; live singing and sound making; and mirror work.