Sorry Barb, which plays La Setima Club in Ybor City, Florida on Feb. 10, 2024. Credit: Photo via sorrybarb/Facebook

On the opening track of its debut full-length, Sorry Barb literally says hello, but this record release show for American Kitsch is also something of a goodbye for the Bay area /art-pop band.

“This will be our last show for a bit,” the band wrote on social media, adding that it took five years to get the album out the door. “…it’s time to lay her to rest and make room for new growth. And we hope to send her home with a spectacular bang.”

The critically-ignored, 10-track outing released in the midnight hours of 2023 captures a lot of the magic from the band’s dynamic live set, but the record puts Alex Oppy’s warm vocal—plus gorgeous guitar from Giuliano Ferrara and woodwinds by Sheldon Tyler Cooper—front and center in a way that is something of a relief for fans that’ll have to lean on the record to get their Sorry Barb fix for the foreseeable future after this intimate wine restaurant gig.

There’s no cover to see Sorry Barb play La Setima Club in Ybor City on Saturday, Feb. 10.

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This article appears in Feb 8-14, 2024.