Philadelphia act Strawberry Hands shares the bill with local ambient act The Regal Drug at Best Video Film & Cultural Center on Wed., August. 26. The show starts at 7 PM and the cover is $10.

Born 2006 in Philadelphia, Strawberry Hands is the songwriting project of poet, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Brunner (Weyes Blood, Karl Blau, Mike Bruno). The Strawberry Hands universe is one where basketball philosophy, Zen Buddhism, found poetry, and bedroom psychedelia somehow coexist without contradiction. Rounding out the ensemble are Jonathan Davenport (Dirty Projectors, Red Tailed Rounders), John Comune (Henbane, Bitter Wish), and Mark Ettingoff (Ghostwood Orchestra, Golden West Service). 

The Regal Drug is the sonic brainchild of Scott N. Amore, born from an abandoned, busted piano discovered in a New Haven parking lot in the dead of night, 1995. What began as a spontaneous experiment in sound and electronics has evolved over three decades into an immersive recording and performance project. The current incarnation features a dynamic trio: Amore on keys and textures, joined by Ben Heller on trumpet and Richard Brown on saxophone. Blending improvisation with deep electronic atmospheres, The Regal Drug channels three decades of exploration into moments of musical gratitude and raw expression.