STAROVER BLUE
The nostalgic tones of a Juno-106 combine with ambient layers, sparkling guitars, and airy, bittersweet vocals to define Portland dream pop band Starover Blue. Founding members Kendall Sallay and Dirk Milotz began the group in 2007 while studying music at San Jose State University, then relocated to Portland in 2016 where they reformed as a six-piece. The band’s penchant for lush vocal harmonies, textural experimentation, and subtle use of odd meters appeals to fans of acts ranging from Cocteau Twins, Beach House, and Big Thief to The Joy Formidable, The Velvet Teen, and Wye Oak.
MISS HONEY
Miss Honey is a five-piece Nightmare Pop band formed by Mar Del Castillo, Jay Turk, Tom Paluck, Mike Wellner and Lydia Berndt. Seamlessly blending elements of dream pop, art rock, shoegaze, and post-punk, Miss Honey delights in discarding conventional pop song structures in favor of unfurling, expansive compositions that are rich with vocal harmony, catchy syncopation, and grandiose guitar riffs and explore themes of queerness, alienation, transformation, and self-liberation.
