<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Lena Simon – Pop Press International</title> <atom:link href="https://www.poppressinternational.com/tag/lena-simon/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.poppressinternational.com</link> <description>Music Blog, Music News, Tracks, Reviews, Live Music, Photos & More</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 14 May 2014 19:36:26 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <item> <title>Win Tickets to Kairos’ EP Release Show at The Crocodile + Vinyl and a T-Shirt</title> <link>https://www.poppressinternational.com/2014/05/13/win-tickets-to-kairos-ep-release-show-at-the-crocodile-vinyl-and-a-t-shirt/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryan Parker]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2014 14:47:11 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[BLOG]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CONTESTS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[contest]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kairos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[La Luz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lena Simon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Seattle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Crocodile]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.poppressinternational.com/?p=14436</guid> <description><![CDATA[We’ve been completely taken with Lena Simon’s project Kairos. If her face looks familiar to you, it may be because she plays in rising surf-rock band La Luz. She’s an excellent bassist, but...]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.poppressinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/KAIROS-GIVEAWAY-FLIER-For-Web.jpeg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-14437" src="http://www.poppressinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/KAIROS-GIVEAWAY-FLIER-For-Web.jpeg" alt="KAIROS-GIVEAWAY-FLIER -For Web" width="800" height="800" srcset="https://www.poppressinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/KAIROS-GIVEAWAY-FLIER-For-Web.jpeg 800w, https://www.poppressinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/KAIROS-GIVEAWAY-FLIER-For-Web-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://www.poppressinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/KAIROS-GIVEAWAY-FLIER-For-Web-300x300.jpeg 300w, https://www.poppressinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/KAIROS-GIVEAWAY-FLIER-For-Web-120x120.jpeg 120w, https://www.poppressinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/KAIROS-GIVEAWAY-FLIER-For-Web-50x50.jpeg 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a><a href="http://www.poppressinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/kairos.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-12794" src="http://www.poppressinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/kairos-150x150.jpg" alt="kairos" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://www.poppressinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/kairos-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.poppressinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/kairos-120x120.jpg 120w, https://www.poppressinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/kairos-50x50.jpg 50w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>We’ve been <a title="Hear a Track from La Luz Bassist Lena Simon’s Project Kairos" href="http://www.poppressinternational.com/2014/03/20/hear-a-track-from-la-luz-bassist-lena-simons-project-kairos/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">completely taken</span></a> with Lena Simon’s project Kairos. If her face looks familiar to you, it may be because she plays in rising surf-rock band La Luz. She’s an excellent bassist, but her work with Kairos proves her abilities as a songwriter and vocalist as well. So far, we’ve been graced with two tracks from her forthcoming EP as well as a bonus cover of Kanye West’s “Street Lights.” Come next week, we’ll be able to check out the other music the EP has in store, and you can be one of the first by winning tickets to <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.thecrocodile.com/event/530405-kairos-ep-release-seattle/" target="_blank">Kairos’ EP release show at The Crocodile</a></span> on May 19th. The winner will also receive a copy of the EP on 12″ vinyl as well as a Fin Records t-shirt. One hell of a prize package.</p> <h4><strong>To WIN, you <a href="http://www.twitter.com/poppressintl" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">must be following us</span></a> on Twitter, and <a href="https://twitter.com/poppressintl/status/466228613486895104" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">retweet this post right here</span></a>. That’s it! </strong></h4> <p>Winners will be chosen and notified on this Friday May 16th.</p> <p>To get pumped up for the show, listen to three tracks from Kairos below, including the recent released gritty indie pop track “Dirt & Grit.”</p> <p><iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/147276175&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true" width="100%" height="166" frameborder="no" scrolling="no"></iframe></p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/137779006&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true" width="100%" height="166" frameborder="no" scrolling="no"></iframe></p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/143281613&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true" width="100%" height="166" frameborder="no" scrolling="no"></iframe></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Kairos Shares New Distorted Pop Track Aptly Titled “Dirt & Grit”</title> <link>https://www.poppressinternational.com/2014/05/06/kairos-shares-new-distorted-pop-track-aptly-titled-dirt-grit/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryan Parker]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2014 20:41:29 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[BLOG]]></category> <category><![CDATA[TRACKS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fin Records]]></category> <category><![CDATA[indie pop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kairos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[La Luz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lena Simon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tracks]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.poppressinternational.com/?p=14161</guid> <description><![CDATA[Although the first cut from Kairos’ eponymous debut EP represented somber, minimal, vocally oriented songwriting, the second single from that release showcases a grittier side of suddenly buzzed-about Seattle musician Lena Simon, who...]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.poppressinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/kairos.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-12794" src="http://www.poppressinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/kairos-150x150.jpg" alt="kairos" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://www.poppressinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/kairos-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.poppressinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/kairos-120x120.jpg 120w, https://www.poppressinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/kairos-50x50.jpg 50w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>Although the <a title="Hear a Track from La Luz Bassist Lena Simon’s Project Kairos" href="http://www.poppressinternational.com/2014/03/20/hear-a-track-from-la-luz-bassist-lena-simons-project-kairos/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">first cut</span></a> from Kairos’ eponymous debut EP represented somber, minimal, vocally oriented songwriting, the second single from that release showcases a grittier side of suddenly buzzed-about Seattle musician Lena Simon, who also plays bass in surf-pop band La Luz. The new track is aptly called “Dirt & Grit” and offers yet another reason to fall in love with this new indie pop project. <span style="color: #000000;">To celebrate the EP, Fin Records will host a release party on </span><span class="aBn" style="color: #000000;" tabindex="0" data-term="goog_2137376618"><span class="aQJ">Monday, May 19th</span></span><span style="color: #000000;">, at Seattle venue The Crocodile. Kairos will be joined onstage by Alex Barr (Kithkin, Deep Sea Diver), Kate Finn (Katie Kate), Ray McCoy (Charms) and Conor Sisk (Brite Futures). Keep your eyes on our site for more news on this release show later this week. Kairos’ debut EP is out on May 20th via Fin Records. Stream “Dirt & Grit” below.</span></p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/147276175&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true" width="100%" height="166" frameborder="no" scrolling="no"></iframe></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Hear a Track from La Luz Bassist Lena Simon’s Project Kairos</title> <link>https://www.poppressinternational.com/2014/03/20/hear-a-track-from-la-luz-bassist-lena-simons-project-kairos/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryan Parker]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2014 13:54:06 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[BLOG]]></category> <category><![CDATA[TRACKS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kairos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[La Luz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lena Simon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[recommended]]></category> <category><![CDATA[synth pop]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.poppressinternational.com/?p=12793</guid> <description><![CDATA[A little before SXSW hit, I got an email from a publicist about Kairos, the project of La Luz’s new bassist Lena Simon. I actually bookmarked the email and planned to write a...]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A little before SXSW hit, I got an email from a publicist about Kairos, the project of La Luz’s new bassist Lena Simon. I actually bookmarked the email and planned to write a post before the insanity of the festival took hold. Then, I saw La Luz perform at SXSW for the first time since Simon has joined the band. She’s incredible, and now I’m wishing I had written this post weeks ago. Not only is she an incredibly talented bassist, but Kairos proves her abilities as a vocalist and frontwoman. “Can/Cannot,” is built on slow, rolling synths, steady hi-hat, and Simon’s lush voice. Think a more present, less washed out Beach House. The song’s movement from the verses into the chorus is perfect. The song will be featured on a debut EP set for release this spring on Fin Records. Stream or download “Can/Cannot” below.</p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/137779006&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true" height="166" width="100%" frameborder="no" scrolling="no"></iframe></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>