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A pow(d)erful collaboration between indie pop producer Envelope Generator and producer/songwriter Shonalika, Powderpaint are a retro-infused synthpop duo writing Hi-NRG bangers about queer life and love.

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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 Outdated.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 Brighton Trans Pride 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 (Lava La Rue, Girli).

After a brief hiatus, Powderpaint returned in 2025 with the gothic-flavoured post-punk song 'Wait' and a music video directed by Vesper Morningstar. The band are working hard on their follow-up release, an EP they hope to complete in 2026.

Powderpaint are not yet done with this planet.

Photographs

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Self-titled EP - cover art

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Powderpaint

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Live

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Shonalika

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Hazel

Songs

Our songs are available to download in high quality from Bandcamp

Alternatively, all our music is available to stream on most streaming services except Spotify

We're also on Soundcloud

Video

Check it out:

Wait

The Way You Want

Spectrum (Live at Trans Pride Brighton 2019)

Redbone (Cover)

Press

A couple of places we've been featured:

The Electricity Club

The Electricity Club was founded on the idea of exploring electronic music across the broad spectrum of history that it encompasses, from the classic synthpop bands of the 1980s through to the contemporary electronic bands of the 21st Century and all points in between.

• They featured us in their 'Introducing...' section in July 2020

She Makes Music

She Makes Music focuses on the most exciting and impressive new music created by brilliant and talented female-identifying & non-binary musicians.

• They gave us a nice little write-up in April 2019
• In July 2020 they selected our tune Constellation as 'Track of the Week'

HOMOGROUND Queer Music Radio

HOMOGROUND is an audio podcast featuring music by queer (LGBTQ & allied) bands/musicians. The podcast was created to bring exposure & access to non-mainstream bands, especially those in isolated communities.

• They featured us in an episode in January 2019

BBC Radio Sussex

BBC Radio Sussex is the BBC's local radio station serving the counties of East and West Sussex.

• Kathy Caton interviewed us for a programme on women in music in August 2020

Stuff We've Done

In 2018 we were honoured to represent our community at Trans Pride Brighton for the first time, debuting our live sequenced electronic set. In 2019 we were invited back as headliners, and we headlined the festival a second time when it returned in 2022.

In June 2020 we released our first 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.

Contact & Social

Email

Please send all enquiries to: powderpaintmusic@gmail.com

Social Media

We are also active on these platforms:
Powderpaint
@powderpaintband
@powderpaint@glitch.social
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