Glitterfox – decoder
Portland’s Glitterfox today announce their debut full-length album decoder due out August 22 on Jealous Butcher Records.
The band is helmed by effervescent frontperson Solange Igoa (they/ them) and guitarist Andrea Walker (they/them) who, before recently splitting up amicably, were a couple for 12 years, six of them married. However, their musical connection is so profound that it has remained unaffected. “When I’m singing Andrea songs, I can feel the emotions that they were feeling — we’re experiencing this life together, you know?” Igoa says. Adds Walker, “I think about our connection musically. And it’s like, yeah, Solange is my voice.” A celebration of queer romance, the blissed-out lead single “Wildfires” underlines this sentiment.
Rooted in the energy of ’80s-inspired new wave synth-pop, it is as danceable as it is devastating—a song born from a spark of lust that blazes into something radiant, reckless, and impossible to contain.
decoder is a jubilant explosion of tracks that synthesizes the two songwriters’ garage rock, new wave, southern Americana and dance music influences into a sound that is singularly, inimitably Glitterfox. Their transparency in both life and art as they’ve shapeshifted is quite possibly Glitterfox’s greatest gift to us. “Of course, I have a lot of feelings, you know? When Andrea and I first started playing music together, I was a completely different person,” Igoa says. “I didn’t really know a lot about myself yet. Throughout our experiences together, I’ve felt more comfortable in myself and how to be unapologetically myself. We both learned to be unapologetically ourselves.”
Glitterfox formed in Long Beach, CA back in 2012 and have released a handful of acclaimed singles & EPs under their belt, several on Kill Rock Stars. Along the way, they relocated to their current hometown of Portland, Oregon, where they met Chris Funk (of The Decemberists) who is now their manager and producer. Hailed for their effervescent live show, the band launched Portland’s indie-music festival Glitterfest in 2019 (which doubled as their wedding reception) and have announced a North American fall tour.
US/UK summer tour
6/13: Hood River, OR @ The Ruins
6/20: Willamina, OR @ Wildwood Music Fest Revival 2025
6/23: Ashland, OR @ AFC In The Park
6/27: Etna, CA @ Trails End Music Festival 2025
7/1: London, United Kingdom @ Green Note
7/2: Milton Keynes, United Kingdom @ The Stables Stage 2
7/3: Oxted, United Kingdom @ United Reformed Church
7/4: Easton, United Kingdom @ Maverick Festival 2025
7/23: Boise, ID @ The Grove Plaza
7/24: Baker City, OR @ Churchill School
7/31: Happy Valley, OR @ Pickathon 2025
decoder tour
9/2: Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry
9/3: Chicago, IL @ Schubas
9/4: Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme
9/5: Detroit, MI @ The Magic Bag
9/6: Toronto, ON @ Longboat Hall
9/8: Metuchen, NJ @ Old Franklin Schoolhouse
9/9: Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
9/10: Somerville, MA @ The Rockwell
9/11: Philadelphia, PA @ The Lounge at World Cafe Live
9/12: Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong
9/13: Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe *on-sale 6/15*
9/14: Columbus, OH @ Rumba Cafe
9/15: Indianapolis, IN @ Turntable
9/17: Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar
9/18: Milwaukee, WI @ Vivarium
9/19: Columbia, MO @ Rose Music Hall
9/20: Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge
10/16: Boise, ID @ Shrine Social Club Basement
10/17: Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
10/18: Streamboat Springs, CO @ Schmiggity’s
10/19: Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
10/22: Tuson, AZ @ Hotel Congress
10/24: Morro Bay, CA @ The Siren
10/25: Los Angeles, CA @ Permanent Records
10/26: San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
10/29: Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall
10/30: Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
10/31: Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
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