Existing outwardly only as ethereal sprites coursing through the deep web, Sweden’s mysterious, post-human boy band seemed for the longest time to confound the very notion of live performance. Should one have eardrums barricaded against contracting aural epilepsy from blindingly bright trance beats and Bladee’s, Ecco2K’s, and Thaiboy Digital’s piercingly high registers (that is to say, should one be younger than 25), their first world tour is not to be missed – if only for sheer improbability. Recent albums have seen the collective guide their alien aesthetic away from numbed-out, cloud-rap hedonism and toward a curiously earthen art-pop zen, perfect for digital springtime.
Sun., April 17, 8pm