she’s green float through first stateside headling tour at recordBar

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Alex Agueros,

she’s green. // photo by Alex Agueros

she’s green
with support from Witches Exist and Starling
recordBar
Nov. 2, 2026

While the room struggled to resolve how to dance to the dreamy constellations crafted by she’s green–despite the twirls demoed on stage by lead singer Zofie Smith–the Minneapolis shoegaze group hit all the right moves Monday, Nov. 2, during their first stateside headlining tour at recordBar in Kansas City.

she’s green promoted their third EP in four years, Swallowtail, released in July via Photo Finish Records; their Monday stop represented at least their third stop in KC and illustrated their rapid rise since forming in 2022. Last year, she’s green supported Blondshell at The Truman upon the release of Chrysalis and, months earlier, paid their DIY dues at Howdy on Stadium Drive.

Occupying space between Cocteau Twins and HUM, she’s green were content floating in orbit and equally adept at pulling off a smooth, graceful return to Earth or an abrupt cut to black. Advanced instincts toward when to slam, glide, or sparkle helped win over the crowd of about 300. Patrons cheered in anticipation for the crescendo—and later during the outro—on “Purple,” appreciated the spellbinding freefall on “Graze,” and got loud for the lush, up-tempo Chrysalis standout, “Willow.”

“Let the branches fall, we can keep what we had,” echoed lead singer Zofia Smith. “Let the seasons crawl. We can learn to start again.”

she’s green. // photo by Alex Agueros

After an aggressive, extended outro on “Figurines,” Smith challenged the sleepy KC crowd ahead of “Mettle.”

“Jump for the chorus, okay?” Smith said. “You guys got to wake up. You better jump, otherwise we’re gonna have to restart.” KC successfully bounced, uncrossing the arms of even the most concentrated gazers for the crashing refrain, “We’ll make it out.”

“Yeah! Good job!” Smith celebrated between stanzas, stepping to the edge of the stage to deliver the line: “It’s not over yet.”

“Let’s do it again!” encouraged Smith.

I could forgive the Monday night crowd for signs of fatigue. After a weekend of Halloween parties and gathering for music suited for daydreaming and staring at the ceiling fan, Kansas City was a tough nut to crack. Credit the earnest nature of the headliner’s performance, two excellent supporting groups, and specific instructions for helping move the crowd beyond a sway.

They raised the lights for a photo with the crowd ahead of what Smith described as their “farewell song to you.”

“I will float,” Smith repeated on “Close Your Eyes.” “I will fly when I see you again.”

Witches Exist. // photo by Alex Agueros

Monday’s headliners were not alone in efforts to move the crowd. Direct support Witches Exist complemented the Noirvember mood with strangely danceable scenes, including “Homeostasis” and “Close Encounters,” despite their slow-burning, industrial brand of atmospheric rock music. Starling established the night’s shadowy backdrop with a restraint characteristic of post-rock forefathers, lingering on ominous, Slint-like melodies and, when given the choice to go bigger and louder, instead going quieter and slowing their pace further.

“Move your body if you feel so inclined, like dancing,” suggested Starling’s Kasha Souter before launching into “See the Water,” a grimy jam worthy of “Doin’ the Cockroach,” and gave the crowd “one last chance to prove yourselves,” ahead of their closer, “571.”

“I’d hate to look back and think I could have done more to get there,” sang Souter.

All photos by Alex Agueros

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