The Nashville-based electro duo, made up of Jordan Kelley and Jason Huber, will perform at the Bluebird Nightclub tonight, along with tourmates Mystery Skulls and ForteBowie.
“Cherub stands out because they’re an energetic duo with a ton of personality,” said Justin Edwards, an event marketing intern for the ?Bluebird, in an email.
Cherub began making music in October 2010 and has already played on the stages of some of America’s most prominent music ?festivals, including Bonnaroo in Nashville, Tenn., and Forecastle in Louisville, Ky.
Bloomington is Cherub’s third-last stop on their winter tour as they perform 27 times in just 36 days at venues all across the country.
Edwards said the Bluebird chose to hire Cherub to play because of their rapid rise to popularity from music ?festival appearances.
“Many festival goers are college age, so a band like Cherub will hopefully be well-attended in a town like Bloomington,” Edwards said.
Cherub’s Facebook page describes their genre as “Electro, Pop, Funk, Dance, Indie.” Edwards described their musical style as “a delicious blend of ‘80s nostalgic synthesizers with R&B.”
As for lyrical content, sex, alcohol and, most prominently, drugs remain the primary topics for Cherub’s music. They sing about living an ideal lifestyle of partying while also addressing heartbreak and a need to escape the real world.
In an interview with Radio.com, Kelley said, “Lyrics only come in my head when I’m drunk on an airplane.” The pair also said they came up with their most downloaded song, “Doses and Mimosas,” while buying liquor in Gulf Shores, Ala.
However, the group rarely speaks about the words in their songs during interviews and instead focuses on the technology they use to make it. In Spotify’s Exclusive Commentary album with Cherub, Kelley and Huber commented most on their stylistic use of vocals and percussion.
One of Cherub’s tourmates, Mystery Skulls, has a similar style of making music. Luis Dubuc, the artist behind Mystery Skulls, sings and DJs simultaneously.
He said he decided on this musical style because he had interests in both vocals and DJing and thought “it would be an interesting way to bridge the two.”
“The show is bound to be a blast,” Edwards said. “If I could recommend one Bluebird show to anyone this year, it would be this one for sure.”
