Warsaw Cipher
By Charlie Milkey
What do you get when you take some of the best artists in the
Twin Cities and lock them in a room filled with music gear? You get a band
called Radar Secret Service. Yes, the band originally came together as Radar
Secret Service until they grew big enough for a Midwestern punkrock band of the
same name to take notice and try to take the name back. While most bands would
hide in terror at the consideration of changing their name after all the work
they put in, the band now known as Warsaw Cipher feared not. The horse they
were switching midstream was already at a gallop.
The members of Warsaw Cipher have a
strong resume following them: Dylan, on bass, plays in the St. Paul Civic
Orchestra on his time away, and synth/vocalist Ivy spends her days with the Dim
Media Group. Karen, on vocals/synth creates brilliant comics and Brandon is an
incredible sculpture and 3D artist. This
prolific crew comes together to create some of the best synthpop in the Twin
Cities.
The band’s signature twin vocal
attack led by Karen and Ivy are a study in perfect harmony while they sculpt a
smooth sonic atmosphere with their synthesizers. Dylan adds some low end punch
to the synth bass, generating a low rumble that perfectly complements the
synth-drenched soundscape. Brandon, a whiz on drums, pounds out a driving beat
to keep your feet moving.
The band can be found playing all over the
twin cities, playing most recently at the Driftwood in South Minneapolis, and
Wild Tymes in St. Paul before that. You can catch them on October 20th at the
Kitty Cat Klub playing a show in celebration of Arthur Rimbaud's 159th birthday.
They will be joined by Minneapolis piano-rock band 3 Nuns and a Gun, as well as
Casey McKee’s newest project, Circular Mercury. The show promises keep your body
swaying and your mind at ease.
Check out
their soundcloud to check them out. Suggested listening is Push, synth lust,
hipster trash, paris in love. My personal recommendations are Debonair and
Invisible.
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