You have to hand it to Electrisad for giving themselves a name that encapsulates what they're about better than I ever could. The Phoenix, Arizona, band makes music that's perfect for swooning young lovers. Simple synths and gentle melodies weave in and around the cooing vocals. When things rise above a tender whisper, the energy is offset by a lingering sense of melancholy. Cheap synthesizers lend everything the feeling of a heartbroken teenage girl shutting herself away in her bedroom and setting her journal entries to music and endlessly writing the name of her love in her notebook. Even with the overarching sadness inherent in Electrisad's oeuvre, there's still that pining bit of hope around the edges, of the thought that there's sunshine around the corner.

ELECTRISAD, w/ Anna Gordon, 10 p.m., Le Voyeur, 404 E. Fourth Ave., Olympia, no cover, 360.943.5710

ELECTRISAD, w/ Seth Boyer, 8 p.m., Sept., 6, Metronome Coffee, 3518 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, cover tba, 253.301.2375