Cat Hollyer (vocals) • Ken Urban (electronics) • Johnny Hager (vocals)
Occurrence is a trio based in New York City. Their music has been called “a formidable electro-space post-punk beast” (Atwood Magazine), “the near perfect synthesis between the universe of David Lynch and industrial music” (Froggy’s Delight), and “what it might sound like to crawl through the screen” (forestpunk). Their debut album The Past Will Last Forever was released in October 2016. Michael Tedder wrote that the album sounded as if “Noel Coward had lived long enough to make laptop pop.” Their 2018 follow-up Everyone Knows the Disaster is Coming was called a “wiry brew of warbling electronics, fiery post-punk swagger and subtly mutated pop arrangements” (The Southern Sounding). That November, the band released a companion mini-album If He Were Here, featuring new songs and remixes by Conelrad, H1987, Assembled Minds and Daniel Kluger. All proceeds from that release were donated to anti-gun violence campaigns. They released three new singles in 2020: “All My Days,” “Dead Sleep Best,” and “Privacy Invaders.” Their new album I Have So Much Love to Give will be released by Archie & Fox Records on August 20, 2021, and will be preceded by four singles featuring non-album B-Sides.