After nearly 30 years of being brothers, Phillip Lauer (a.k.a. Lauer, half of Tuff City Kids) and Jacob Lauer formed Hotel Lauer, and will issue the project’s first release with the upcoming Brudis EP. “Smend,” which is taken from that record, is an animated mesh of club-ready retro pads, thumping percussion, and sounds which seem to reference the duo’s ’80s upbringing. Sporting a colorful range of activity, the brothers’ production executes a plethora of blips and synth loops in a surprisingly cohesive manner, and is careful to do away with any clutter. Before Hotel Lauer’s Brudis EP drops on April 21 via Live At Robert Johnson, snippets of the release are available to stream after the jump.

Smend