The Inception of Powderpaint
It is early morning in a seaside town in England in the year two thousand and eighteen. As the sun rises over the water, two figures materialise on the pebble beach, like The Terminator in The Terminator. It is Powderpaint.
A pow(d)erful fusion of indie pop producer Envelope Generator and producer/songwriter Shonalika, they emerged, fully formed, into the world, and launched a queer dance pop torpedo squarely at the local six string beatniks.
Powderpaint are fresh. Outdated. Timeless. Retro. Eternal. Their sound and image is influenced by 80s disco and Hi-NRG like Scritti Politti, The Pointer Sisters, and queer icons before them like Pet Shop Boys and Florence + The Machine. You're gonna want to get up and dance. You're gonna feel good.
Since their live debut at Brighton's anarchist co-operative The Cowley Club in 2018, Powderpaint went on to play Trans Pride Brighton that same year, returning in 2019 as headliners. After a brief interruption by an international super plague, Powderpaint triumphantly returned once again to headline Trans Pride Brighton in 2022.
In June 2020, Powderpaint released their self-titled EP full of sizzling synthesizers, funky guitars and retro grooves. The songs covered themes of trans identity, bad relationships, pseudoscience, and an unapologetic celebration of queer people's love and happiness. They followed this up with a new single, 'The Way You Want' in 2022, with a music video created by Robin O'Connor Lowe and Laurie Cousins.
Their conquest of the dance pop landscape will continue as they work hard on new music, coming some time in 2026.
Powderpaint are not yet done with this planet.
