Bumble x Sofar Sessions: G Luné, Tiny Habits, and Juniper

By Will Ingman

Meeting a stranger from a dating app can be dangerous. Meeting a hundred strangers in a hotel basement from a dating app is something else entirely. On March 24th, dating app Bumble teamed up with music event startup Sofar Sounds to host an anonymous “secret concert” at the Studio Allston Hotel. They transformed the space’s basement into an intimate, relaxed, and supremely cozy live environment, lining the carpeted floor with pillows and picnic blankets so the strangers in attendance could get closer to each other.

Anonymity was the name of the game at this event, and until the night of the gig, information was deliberately sparse — until the performers took to the stage, I didn’t even know who was performing. On the bill were, in order of appearance, G Luné, Berklee’s premiere vibe curator (and previously featured performer at Noise Complaint Productions’ debut show), Tiny Habits, a vocal and acoustic trio also from Berklee, and Juniper, an established local group who synthesize blues, jazz, and effortless groove into a smooth and seductive sound. Each band played a bite-sized twenty minute set, more than enough time for them to set the mood for a crowd of strangers to get closer to both the music and to each other.

G Luné

G Luné is comprised of Gabriella "G Luné" Goddard (vocals), Mei Semones (guitar), Mikee Colet (drums), Gabriel Lazaro (bass), and Angela Morano (keyboard). Milk Crate photographed the band at City Winery as part of Noise Complaint Productions.