Clear Plastic Masks to Play Mercury Lounge and Rough Trade, 5/14 & 5/16

Clear Plastic Masks will perform two upcoming shows in NYC on Wednesday, May 14 at Mercury Lounge (8pm) and Friday, May 16 at Rough Trade (11:45pm).

The shows will feature songs from the band's forthcoming debut album, which will be released May 27 on Serpents & Snakes Records.

"The churning, galvanic, righteously messy surge and crash of 1960s rock is their heritage, full of loose ends and live wires; they've got firm roots without settling down in the slightest."-Jon Pareles, The New York Times

"Ramshackle rock with a retro flair is the best way I can describe it. Yet even with its looseness, it makes quite an impact."-KCRW