Unisex Salon

Eighties to the point of excess, Unisex Salon is everything you love to love about the “Me Decade”: shameless, upbeat and heavy on the synths. Garishly tattooed, omnisexual lead singer Kenyon Phillips is equal parts Freddy Mercury, Iggy Pop and Captain Jack Sparrow as he minces, growls and croons his way through danceable New Wave soundscapes crafted by keyboard player Brian Gumbel, guitarist Chris Comfort, bass player Jansen Cinco, and drummer Hugh Mallard. Backup singer Autumn Ready Potter rounds out the sound with disarmingly pretty harmonies that, like The Osmonds, are a little bit country and a little bit rock n’ roll. The band’s Bacchanalian live shows continue to set Unisex Salon apart from other New York pop acts, and have resulted in the placement of their songs in episodes of “Eleventh Hour” (CBS), “The Mighty B!” (Nickelodeon) and “Teen Cribs” (MTV).