Singer and CalArts alum Laura Jean Anderson, whose latest single was featured on NPR’s “All Songs Considered” last week, will perform at the Moroccan Lounge in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday, April 19 starting at 7:30 p.m.

The NPR feature premiered “Silence Won’t Help Me Now,” the singer-songwriter’s debut single, which is available now via B3SCI Records.

More about the single from Cyrena Touros on NPR’s “All Songs Considered” blog:

A whole generation of musicians born in the 1980s have released formative albums in the last few years that mine the production landscape of their birth decade. Thunderous synths, trash-can lid percussion, and the volcanic, Phil Collins-style drum fills are back en vogue. Truly, the percussive emphasis of a well-timed shimmy of castanets is the tragically forgotten chef’s kiss of ’80s pop production.

The booming, stadium-sized chorus (“You say shut it, I’ll speak loud / You say take it, I’ll rip it up proud / And I don’t regret it cause my heart’s all out / Silence won’t help me now”) has the power to storm 2018.

Joining Anderson for her 21+ Moroccan Lounge show will be opener Pom Poms.

Born in Olympia, Washington, and now residing in Los-Angeles, Anderson is an artist with her feet rooted in American music, from soul to folk-Americana to rock’n’roll while embracing pushing the boundaries of modern music. Her weekly shows across Los Angeles have established her as a staple of the LA music scene, garnering support from KCRW, and having LA Weekly proclaim that her music has a “timeless sound… a mysterious conception that sounds as if it’s from another era.”

Anderson is currently working on her debut album with producer Tyler Chester in Los Angeles.

The Moroccan Lounge is located at 901 E 1st Street, Los Angeles 90012. Tickets are $15.

— By Oscar Burrows-Rangel