Up Late: Surrealism

God bless the Gallery of Modern Art. They always manage to make every exhibition about more than just the art. I love how they bring in bands or movies to go hand in hand with their displays.

And the current surrealism exhibition is no different. Tying in movies is not hard, surrealism can be found in a lot of movies from the 30s (or in 90s indie rock worshipping the surrealist cinema of the 30s). But how do you link surrealism to music without involving a lot of drugs?

That's quite the pickle.

But luckily GoMA solved it. Without bring Pink Floyd back from the dead.

Instead, they got these guys:

That's Akron/Family. They make music which escapes description, but at best sounds like weird-ass-electronic gone blues-folk. I gave their 2011 album, which is simply titled S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT, 4/5. It's good, just trippy and out there.

So it's perfect for surrealism! Catch them at the Gallery of Modern Art September 30.