PLAYGROUND BOSTON

Photo by Pete Legasey

Red Wire Black Wire isn’t a household name quite yet, but that could be changing soon. Coming from a lineage of successful Wesleyan University bands (namely fellow indie electro-pop-ites MGMT), RWBW recently relocated to Brooklyn where they have begun to garner attention both in New York and across the online community. The music is the brainchild of front-man and keyboardist Doug Walters, who composed RWBW’s debut EP Compass on his laptop, before assembling a 6-piece band to perform the songs live. Poised to release a full-length album and embark on an ambitious tour in the fall, RWBW will be dropping their distinctive commixture of reflective rock anthems soaked in synth-heavy dance grooves across the country and beyond.

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