Sharp Pins

On Sunday February 22, 2026, Sharp Pins perform from 9:00 pm at the Covo Club in Bologna.

Sharp Pins is the lo-fi pop project of Kai Slater (Lifeguard, Dwaal Troupe), a Chicago-based musician who weaves Sixties melancholy and youthful urgency into songs as captivating as old pirate radio broadcasts.

Recorded between Chicago and Olympia together with Hayes Waring and mastered by Amy Dragon, the new album Balloon Balloon Balloon vibrates like a love letter sent over the radio to lost and rediscovered generations.

With a sound that stings, sparkles, and pierces the soul, Sharp Pins rediscovers the revolution of the heart in an age of screens and algorithms, inviting listeners to remember that dancing is an act of resistance.