Young & Sick is at Riot Room on Tuesday

It’s almost too easy to hate on Young & Sick, the stage name for Nick Van Hofwegen. The Netherlands-via-Los Angeles musician calls Y&S a “music and art project,” which sounds a little highfalutin from a man who has done cover art for Foster the People and Robin Thicke and T-shirts for Urban Outfitters. Most of Young & Sick’s songs sound like they were created almost entirely on a MacBook in some super-exclusive coffee shop where all the patrons look like they just stepped out of a J. Crew catalog.

Despite all that, the self-titled debut album is a weirdly infectious mix of bubblegum synths and nouveau soul, with Van Hofwegen’s startling soprano stretched luxuriously over. Hard to say how that sound translates in a live setting — it could be more hipster nonsense (likely), or it could blow your mind. We’ll find out Tuesday.

Details here.