The Floating Lounge is a community-focused, online listening party series produced by Spektral Quartet to bring curious listeners together during a time of isolation. Events feature high-quality streaming audio, special guests, and an interactive format that invites listeners to join in on the conversation.
After eight long years, one of our favorite bands on the planet – Paper Mice – has a new album out! And they’re our special guests at the Floating Lounge! And we’re on the album!
Can you tell we’re just a little bit jazzed?
You know composer Dave Reminick from his brutal and hilarious Spektral commission, The Ancestral Mousetrap, but did you know he fronts one of the great post-everything, math-y, twitchy bands in the solar system? Together with incomparable drummer John Carroll and stupefying bassist Taylor Hales, these handsome ne’er-do-wells write some of the slappiest, killingest, and most sardonic tunes anyone has ever heard. If there was such a thing as something being devastatingly nerdy and piercingly cool…Paper Mice is that thing.
The trio will bring an individually-chosen tracklist for us all to listen to together, talk about, and cheer or harass, and we want you to be a part of the conversation. Like all of our favorite collaborators, these weirdos have impeccable and far-flung tastes, so you are in for one wild, herky-jerky ride. And if you promise not to behave yourselves, we’ll play you a track from the new album, 1-800-MONDAYS.
If you miss this Floating Lounge, you are making a bad life decision.
Spektral Quartet’s programming is supported by our members, our donors, and by the following foundations and organizations:
