underscores (Hunter Surgeson) is a Chicago-based artist whose music operates at the intersection of hyperpop, bedroom pop, and alternative rock — tracks like "Fandom" and the fishmonger project established a voice that is both technically idiosyncratic and emotionally immediate in a way the genre doesn't always manage. umru is an experimental electronic producer whose work with artists across the PC Music and hyperpop ecosystem has made him one of the more respected producers in the genre's outer circles.
Together on a single bill at The Masquerade on June 8, they constitute a genuinely interesting evening for listeners who follow electronic and alternative music at its most genre-resistant edge.
