Brianna Bullock (center, rear) and Glove. Credit: Jen Dessinger

In August, Glove will go on a short, high-milage tour of the South and the Eastern Seaboard. It’s not the band’s first long haul (past tours have taken Glove all the way to the west coast), but the trip does cram close to 3,000 miles into just six shows (Atlanta, Charlotte, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Athens and St. Augustine are all on the itinerary). Still, you get the feeling that the Tampa, Florida new wave group will be going on even longer jaunts in the near future.

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Glove — made up of drummer Brie Denicourt, guitarist Rod Woolf, keyboardist Michelle “Dayslug” Primiani and bassist Brianna Bullock — recently opened for Atlanta punk group The Coathangers, and its set nearly stole the show thanks to synth lines taken out of The B-52s' playbook and the kind of krauty low end that bands like Devo and Can built their own sound upon. Woolf — an alum of another beloved psychedelic-rock band, Veiny Hands — was like a mad scientist punching on his pedals and delivering searing leads all night while Primiani and Denicourt (also a Veiny Hands alum) added snare cracks and disorienting keyboard to the mix. Bullock, for her part, kept it cool and gave Glove a steady, sweaty groove to ride into the night.

“I met Brie while shopping at her store, Frolic Exchange. I was a fan of her previous project with Rod, [and] she asked if I had any interest in playing, so we all got together and I really enjoyed what they were doing,” Bullock, 25, told CL about her introduction to the band. Bullock — who formerly played with Tampa indie-rock band Donna Lu and currently sings with David Bowie tribute act Stardust Memories — has been playing since she was 13 years old and says that her transition into Glove was smooth thanks to the common influences she shared with the band members. She hopes to keep traveling with the band, play venues she admires and ultimately grow as a musician and artist. The band very seldom plays out (an October date with The Nude Party is its next hometown gig), but a quick trip over the bridge will let you see the band open for NYC retro-chic French-pop group Champagne Superchillin’.

Next show: Champagne Superchillin’ w/Glove/more. Fri. Aug. 3, 10 p.m. No cover. The Bends, 919 First Ave. N., St. Petersburg. glove.bandcmamp.com.