Sun-soaked California retro-soul band Midtown Social unites a fractured San Francisco with a love letter to its hometown on their latest studio album, Fantastic Colors, due out nationwide on Valentine's Day 2020. While San Francisco undergoes swells of monumental change to the point of rendering the city unrecognizable, Midtown Social offers a compassionate reflection of its true love for San Francisco with Fantastic Colors. Midtown Social drops four singles leading up to the release of Fantastic Colors with their latest track "Savoir Faire" set for release on Friday, September 27, 2019.
Performed onsite at San Francisco's famous queer venue The Stud, Midtown Social pays tribute to a bar that's been at the cutting edge of San Francisco's nightlife for over 50 years with a new music video for their latest single, "Savoir Faire," filmed at The Stud. After almost closing its doors in July 2016 when its rent was about to be nearly tripled, The Stud is now owned and operated by an 18-person worker-owner cooperative and has recently announced it'll remain open for at least another two years.
Midtown Social vocalist Aaron Joseph comments about the band filming their music video for "Savoir Faire" at The Stud, "I've been going to The Stud ever since I moved to San Francisco. A few months after I landed in the city, a friend -- a female drag queen -- invited me to perform there with her. I fell in love with the space. There's a lot of bars in the Bay Area that claim to be inclusive of all races, all genders. But The Stud is one of the few places where I've felt completely at home and at ease as a queer person of color. After we played our first show, it's where I took the band to celebrate. It's where I'm most likely to head out dancing with friends after a gig. I wanted to find a way to pay tribute to a place that's brought me so much joy and so many memories. It has a classic San Francisco vibe. So when I suggested making it the backdrop to our 80s-themed music video for Savoir Faire, the band was all in. We couldn't have found a better place to bring the song to life."
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Performed onsite at San Francisco's famous queer venue The Stud, Midtown Social pays tribute to a bar that's been at the cutting edge of San Francisco's nightlife for over 50 years with a new music video for their latest single, "Savoir Faire," filmed at The Stud. After almost closing its doors in July 2016 when its rent was about to be nearly tripled, The Stud is now owned and operated by an 18-person worker-owner cooperative and has recently announced it'll remain open for at least another two years.
Midtown Social vocalist Aaron Joseph comments about the band filming their music video for "Savoir Faire" at The Stud, "I've been going to The Stud ever since I moved to San Francisco. A few months after I landed in the city, a friend -- a female drag queen -- invited me to perform there with her. I fell in love with the space. There's a lot of bars in the Bay Area that claim to be inclusive of all races, all genders. But The Stud is one of the few places where I've felt completely at home and at ease as a queer person of color. After we played our first show, it's where I took the band to celebrate. It's where I'm most likely to head out dancing with friends after a gig. I wanted to find a way to pay tribute to a place that's brought me so much joy and so many memories. It has a classic San Francisco vibe. So when I suggested making it the backdrop to our 80s-themed music video for Savoir Faire, the band was all in. We couldn't have found a better place to bring the song to life."
Sun-soaked California retro-soul band Midtown Social unites a fractured San Francisco with a love letter to its hometown on their latest studio album, Fantastic Colors, due out nationwide on Valentine's Day 2020. While San Francisco undergoes swells of monumental change to the point of rendering the city unrecognizable, Midtown Social offers a compassionate reflection of its true love for San Francisco with Fantastic Colors. Midtown Social drops four singles leading up to the release of Fantastic Colors with their latest track "Savoir Faire" set for release on Friday, September 27, 2019.
Performed onsite at San Francisco's famous queer venue The Stud, Midtown Social pays tribute to a bar that's been at the cutting edge of San Francisco's nightlife for over 50 years with a new music video for their latest single, "Savoir Faire," filmed at The Stud. After almost closing its doors in July 2016 when its rent was about to be nearly tripled, The Stud is now owned and operated by an 18-person worker-owner cooperative and has recently announced it'll remain open for at least another two years.
Midtown Social vocalist Aaron Joseph comments about the band filming their music video for "Savoir Faire" at The Stud, "I've been going to The Stud ever since I moved to San Francisco. A few months after I landed in the city, a friend -- a female drag queen -- invited me to perform there with her. I fell in love with the space. There's a lot of bars in the Bay Area that claim to be inclusive of all races, all genders. But The Stud is one of the few places where I've felt completely at home and at ease as a queer person of color. After we played our first show, it's where I took the band to celebrate. It's where I'm most likely to head out dancing with friends after a gig. I wanted to find a way to pay tribute to a place that's brought me so much joy and so many memories. It has a classic San Francisco vibe. So when I suggested making it the backdrop to our 80s-themed music video for Savoir Faire, the band was all in. We couldn't have found a better place to bring the song to life."
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Performed onsite at San Francisco's famous queer venue The Stud, Midtown Social pays tribute to a bar that's been at the cutting edge of San Francisco's nightlife for over 50 years with a new music video for their latest single, "Savoir Faire," filmed at The Stud. After almost closing its doors in July 2016 when its rent was about to be nearly tripled, The Stud is now owned and operated by an 18-person worker-owner cooperative and has recently announced it'll remain open for at least another two years.
Midtown Social vocalist Aaron Joseph comments about the band filming their music video for "Savoir Faire" at The Stud, "I've been going to The Stud ever since I moved to San Francisco. A few months after I landed in the city, a friend -- a female drag queen -- invited me to perform there with her. I fell in love with the space. There's a lot of bars in the Bay Area that claim to be inclusive of all races, all genders. But The Stud is one of the few places where I've felt completely at home and at ease as a queer person of color. After we played our first show, it's where I took the band to celebrate. It's where I'm most likely to head out dancing with friends after a gig. I wanted to find a way to pay tribute to a place that's brought me so much joy and so many memories. It has a classic San Francisco vibe. So when I suggested making it the backdrop to our 80s-themed music video for Savoir Faire, the band was all in. We couldn't have found a better place to bring the song to life."
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