GEMS to Headline NYC Glasslands

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This Thursday, December 5th, GEMS will headline a performance at Glasslands in Brooklyn, New York, alongside Femme and My Body. The performance will support their recent EP release, Medusa.

Their newest single off of Medusa is titled "Ephemera" and is considered another "beautifully romantic tune with Lindsay Pitts and Clifford John layering harmonies over glistening synths and an intensely grand, shimmering chorus", states a recent GEMS press release.

This unique pop band from Washington DC formed in 2012, and have been compared to similar eclectic indie-pop sounds of The XX and Beach House.

The DC-based duo have developed their own brand of intoxicating, cinematic synth-laced pop that is at once, both deeply heartbreaking and romantic.

The four tracks on Medusa weave a dark web of intimate male and female vocals, hazy guitars and lush synthesizers, with songs that are tragic, haunting and tinged with melancholy and existential longing, and is just the start of this band on the rise.

GEMS has much in store for 2014, including more tour dates in large cities along the East Coast.

Be sure to stay up-to-date with the plans for the band, and catch one of their performances if you are into experimental and eclectic indie-pop sounds.