The Holydrug Couple at Soup Kitchen

Grey Lantern have been on the Manchester promoter scene since 2011 and have brought to lucky audiences esteemed artists including East India Youth and Hookworms – plus The Holydrug Couple, who will be returning in July for their second Grey Lantern show. Signed to NY-based Sacred Bones (Blank Mass, Jenny Hval), the Chilean pop duo are performing at a time when psych-flavoured sound waves are fully flourishing; but their efforts were first heard in 2011 (when they released their first EP), with a record that entered territories other artists were just familiarising themselves with. Their influences are far-reaching, from French movie soundtracks of the 1970s and 80s, to Aretha Franklin and 1980s South American synth-pop acts like Virus and Los Prisioneros. Bear witness to the hook-heavy tracks of Moonlust, their most recent release.

Wed 8 Jul, Soup Kitchen, 31-33 Spear Street, M1 1DF, 7.30pm, £8.50, www.seetickets.com