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Smallpools – Lovetap! 10th Anniversary Tour at Polaris Hall
Event by: Polaris Hall
Location: 635 N Killingsworth Ct, North Killingsworth Court 635, Portland
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Smallpools called their shot with “Dreaming” - in the ten years since their 2013 debut single, the trio’s experience has been nothing short of truly surreal. They’ve played festivals from Lollapalooza to Summerfest, earned RIAA gold and platinum plaques, amassed over 400 million Spotify streams, held their own in arenas and late night TV and, along with their peers and collaborators like Grouplove, Walk the Moon, Twenty One Pilots and Neon Trees, developed the sound that played a pivotal role to the development of the alt pop scene. They literally got “big in Japan,” where “Dreaming” became a #1 single in 2015.
But lead vocalist Sean Scanlon did not draw on these incredible, indelible experiences when it came time to write the next chapter for Smallpools. Rather, he time traveled to the period right before the self-titled Smallpools EP in 2013, when he worked as a valet in a garishly opulent Los Angeles high rise. Scanlon would sequester himself In a model unit that was completely empty, save for Fendi furniture and the piano at which he composed most of the lyrics that ended up on “Dreaming.” This was the seed from which “Night Shift” grew, the opener of their third studio LP Ghost Town Road, and also the first song of the rest of Smallpools’ lives.
Ghost Town Road begins in a properly cinematic state - “it’s the devil’s hour in a soulless town/and we’re all vampires,” Scanlon sings, a warning that feels more like an invitation to engage with an edgier, more focused Smallpools, one that’s out for blood. Arriving in two parts, Ghost Town Road embodies duality - a reaffirmation of Smallpools’ anthemic, genre-blending alt pop and also an elegy for a bygone era, understanding the allure of nostalgia while trying not to get stuck in the past.
Tickets On Sale Now!
This Event is All Ages
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Smallpools called their shot with “Dreaming” - in the ten years since their 2013 debut single, the trio’s experience has been nothing short of truly surreal. They’ve played festivals from Lollapalooza to Summerfest, earned RIAA gold and platinum plaques, amassed over 400 million Spotify streams, held their own in arenas and late night TV and, along with their peers and collaborators like Grouplove, Walk the Moon, Twenty One Pilots and Neon Trees, developed the sound that played a pivotal role to the development of the alt pop scene. They literally got “big in Japan,” where “Dreaming” became a #1 single in 2015.
But lead vocalist Sean Scanlon did not draw on these incredible, indelible experiences when it came time to write the next chapter for Smallpools. Rather, he time traveled to the period right before the self-titled Smallpools EP in 2013, when he worked as a valet in a garishly opulent Los Angeles high rise. Scanlon would sequester himself In a model unit that was completely empty, save for Fendi furniture and the piano at which he composed most of the lyrics that ended up on “Dreaming.” This was the seed from which “Night Shift” grew, the opener of their third studio LP Ghost Town Road, and also the first song of the rest of Smallpools’ lives.
Ghost Town Road begins in a properly cinematic state - “it’s the devil’s hour in a soulless town/and we’re all vampires,” Scanlon sings, a warning that feels more like an invitation to engage with an edgier, more focused Smallpools, one that’s out for blood. Arriving in two parts, Ghost Town Road embodies duality - a reaffirmation of Smallpools’ anthemic, genre-blending alt pop and also an elegy for a bygone era, understanding the allure of nostalgia while trying not to get stuck in the past.