DEBUT ALBUM OUT Just Another Life
Bob Boilen's “Favorite Discoveries of 2025”
KCRW's 5 Songs to Hear This Week, “LA Traffic”
Included in Bob Boilen's “Favorite Discoveries of 2025,” See Night is the indie-rock project of Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Linda Sao. Touring solo or with a band powered by drummer Cory Aboud, guitarist Pat Andrews, and bassist AJ Marquez, See Night brings a dynamic live show that alternates between hard-driving and dreamy. Cathartic songs delivered with haunting vocals, swelling drums, and atmospheric guitars straddle somewhere between ‘90s indie rock and shoegaze. After the release of the Eloquence 7", which was personally handpicked and released by Pavement/Silver Jews member Bob Nastanovich on his Brokers Tip Records and two self-released EPs, 2025 saw the release of Just Another Life--a debut album playlisted by KCRW and featuring fuzzy-guitar-laden indie rock, orchestral shoegaze, and piano instrumentals. Nastanovich called it "glorious" and Boilen, creator of NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts and All Songs Considered, described it as “the album I'm loving." Owner/booker of San Francisco's legendary Bottom of the Hill, Lynn Schwarz said, “The songwriting is really next level.”
Through stateside band tours and five EU/UK solo tours, See Night has opened for Bonnie Prince Billy, Widowspeak, The Pack a.d., Matthew Logan Vasquez (Delta Spirit), Delicate Steve, Sunwatchers, Eyelids, Jeffrey Lewis, Jenn Champion, Rogue Wave, Upset (Patty Schemel), John Vanderslice, Kepi Ghoulie, David Dondero, Lady Lamb, and more.
“Worthy enough to play on repeat” —Kevin Bronson (Buzz Bands LA)
“The songwriting is really next level" —Lynn Schwarz, Owner/Booker of SF's Bottom of the Hill
"Powerful, poignant, and near-perfect! A brilliant dynamic by powering on the muscle and then balancing that with more eloquent sonic melodies, by interlacing understated indie grace into alt-rock’s gritty grandeur" —The Big Takeover
“Exceptional, glorious rock storytelling. Swelling buildups, feeding back guitars and drops out to just Sao and her guitar bloodletting is a stunning thing” —American Pancake
“Radiating a rare splendour that few acts, save for the likes of Mazzy Star, have ever convincingly captured”—Up To Hear
“One of those bands people stop and stare at through the venue window...Their songs are sweeping, melodic, grungey” -SantaCruz.com
"Gorgeous, melodic, dreamy indie pop" — Selected Things
"Oscillating tempos, dreary to bright tones, and remarkable howls and wails. Frontwoman Linda Sao’s vocals are much more than a voice but a distinct instrument" — Examiner, live show review
"The vocals were like hot syrup dripping all over my face" — Some guy named Roger after a show