Powder Pink & Sweet

Conjuring nostalgic dream-pop, Powder Pink & Sweet is a band based in Los Angeles. Cris Verso formed the project in 2016, releasing the debut single “Blue Sunshine” the following year. Showing serene vocals and hypnotic guitar tones, "Blue Sunshine" set in motion a sound steeped in lush nostalgia, exploring aspects of dream-pop, shoegaze, post-punk, and new wave. The track saw airplay on radio shows like Check One Two on KLOS in Los Angeles, in addition to online radio such as DKFM and Big Sonic Heaven. Powder Pink & Sweet's single, “Grey Day,” released in October 2020, beautifully blends textural guitars emitting a post-punk and shoegaze-friendly allure. Obscure Sound called “Grey Day” an “enjoyable success with a dreamy sense of nostalgia.”

Involved in the Los Angeles music scene for many years, Cris Verso formed Powder Pink & Sweet soon after the passing of her mother. The project became an outlet of expression for Verso, who comes from an artistic background and musical household. "After my mom died in 2015, I mustered up the courage to develop it and become more serious,” Verso says. Playing with a stylistically eclectic cast of musicians in prior years, ranging from ska/reggae (The Cover-Ups, The Twi-Lites, Hi Fever) to punk (The Stalkings), to a local shoegaze post-punk band (The Sleeping Car).
Verso marks the next step in her musical career with Powder Pink & Sweet, a natural stylistic output considering her long-time love for ‘80s post-punk and new wave.

A couple of years, and a global pandemic later, the band now has their first collection of songs, or “Little Stories”, to share: 7 songs that evoke everything from the light and playful whimsy of the re-mastered “Blue Sunshine”, to the atmospheric and ominous-sounding “Secret Garden”. Verso says of this collection “These songs represent the struggle to balance hope and positivity with an undercurrent of melancholia and heartache.”

Little Stories was released for download, streaming and on vinyl on November 4th, 2022, and new music will be coming in 2024.