The Golden Republic

Fresh off a tour with Sondre Lerche and a welcoming reception at the CMJ Music Festival in New York City, the Golden Republic is poised for a sweet homecoming. The band throws a variety of sounds into its mix — bits of glam, garage, neopunk and disco — on top of the popular distorted, sassy midtempo hipster rock sensibility of bands such as Interpol and the Killers. The band’s next album, due in February and produced by Interpol associate Peter Katis, may make comparison with that band easy, but the Republic stands on its own, thanks to its range and ability. With less than two months before the Republic’s first Astralwerks full-length is released, it will soon be difficult to catch the group in such an intimate (read: small) venue.