After meeting at the Grammy Museum’s Music Revolution Project in 2015, Alex Bonyata and Bella Beyer — the 18 and 16-year-old members of Bay area pop band The Young Something — shared stages with a who’s-who of pop and rock acts like Foreigner, Andy Grammer and Ringo Starr.
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“It was a crazy feeling to see one of the most iconic musicians of our time in person,” the band told CL about its show with Ringo. “The Beatles are a band that have left their mark in history and I know that playing in support of Ringo will be something we’ll always remember fondly.”
The Young Something hopes that its local fans will remember them once they’ve grown, and it’s banking on About This, the band’s first EP as The Young Something, to help. Recorded in Nashville with producer Stephen Leiweke, the effort is straight indie pop marked by Beyer’s fascination with Lorde and Bonyata’s love of Jack Antonoff’s Bleachers and ’80s synth pop.
Next show: IOH w/A Wolf in the City/Aster and Ivy/The Young Something. Fri. Aug. 10, 7:30 p.m. $10. The Blue Note, 1510 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa. theyoungsomething.com.
