(photo: Tonje Thilesen)
You can go pretty much anywhere on Halloween: a bar, your friend’s house, even the local library if it’s open. A lot of people go to Halloween concerts, which can range from cheesy to chill. But this year, why not go to one that promises a little bit of…theatricality?

ODESZA are atmospheric and sometimes otherwordly — grand and sweeping and fit for film soundtracks. Getting their start in the Seattle area in 2012, they surpassed 1 million plays on Soundcloud before ever releasing their EP. In the following years, they put out three studio albums and a whole mess of remix collections since breaking out a half-decade ago. THey’ve gone from being somewhat minimalist beats-makers to the lavish productions of their latest release, A Moment Apart, and have teamed up with vocal stars like Regina Spektor and Leon Bridges in projects past. Not bad for two college friends from Bellingham.

All this makes them a top-notch choice for your October 31 (also of note: They’re named after a shipwreck, which we all know is prime restless-ghost territory). It’s a little out of the way, but surely you can be convinced to take a road trip to Sacramento for a perfectly immersive spooky-scary celebration.

Currently on a world tour that’s taking them across North American then on to Australia, they’re stopping in Sacramento on All Hallow’s Eve. Costumes (probably) encouraged.

ODESZA
Papa Murphy’s Park
October 31, 2017
6pm, $41