The Strike
About This Event
The Strike and Sumsun play Irving Plaza in a lineup that pairs synthwave-tinged pop-rock with guitar-forward songwriting. The Strike leans on steady backbeats and bright keyboard lines and maintains about 80,000 Spotify followers, while Sumsun favors clean song structures, guitar-driven rhythm and direct vocal phrasing that foreground arrangement and ensemble interplay rather than elaborate staging.
About the Artists
The Strike
The Strike is a rock/pop group whose recordings lean into synthwave textures, pairing steady backbeats with bright keyboard lines. With a moderate Spotify profile (about 80K followers), they sit in the space between club-ready pop and guitar-band structure.
Sumsun
Sumsun is a rock/pop artist whose work has been heard on New York City stages, including The Bowery Ballroom. In bills such as *The Rikkies & SUM SUN w/ So Impartial*, the project has appeared alongside The Rikkies and So Impartial in a straightforward live format.