Au Revoir Simone
USA
14 Mar 2010, Sun, 7.30pm & 10pm $40*
$48* (on show date)

It all started with an apartment in Brooklyn. Au Revoir Simone — multi-instrumentalists and friends Heather D’Angelo, Erika Forster and Annie Hart — began composing music together at Erika’s place in 2003 with everything from vintage keyboards to a wooden drum machine. The trio gelled so well that pretty soon, they graduated from collaborating in the apartment to performing in a club in the West Village.

Their infectious electro indie-pop sounds took Au Revoir Simone on a mini-tour of America, building up quite a reputation, which culminated in their 2005 debut album Verses of Assurance, Comfort and Salvation.

After a tour with fellow Brooklynites We Are Scientists that took them around the US and the United Kingdom, Au Revoir Simone returned to the studio for their sophomore release The Bird of Music. The album was hailed by Allmusic as “dreamy, image-mad synth pop with a sparkly magic quality”.

Last year saw the arrival of their third album, the eclectic and engaging Still Night, Still Light, released on the band’s own label Our Secret Record Company. The album’s tightly cohesive themes expressed through brilliantly composed light and melodic sounds are a perfect reflection of the band’s natural camaraderie.

Over the years, Au Revoir Simone — who got their name from a throwaway line in the Tim Burton film Pee Wee’s Big Adventure — have garnered their fair share of fans, including acclaimed director David Lynch. Their music has been used in television shows like Grey’s Anatomy and Ugly Betty, and the trio even performed at Robert Normand's Fall/Winter 2007 fashion show in Paris.

7.30pm, 10pm
(60mins, no intermission)

$40*
$48* (for ticket purchased on day of performance)
(* With one complimentary drink. All patrons must be above 18 years old)

Exclusive savings for Mosaic Friends and other packages available.