Express is a showcase series that features some of the best acclaimed Indie-rock bands from China. This time the Express is arriving in Shanghai and Beijing for the first time. HazeSounds together with Shengjian Records elaborately picked 4 bands from different cities: Soft (Shanghai), Schoolgirl Byebye (Nanjing), The White Tulips (Xiamen).

The Shanghai based shoegaze band Soft finalized its 3-piece line-up in the autumn of 2016, indulging themselves in shoegaze and noise-pop. The name comes from the classic album of the 4AD experimental guitar legend Swallow. They’ve been active in the music scene in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Xiamen and Guangzhou in 2017 via the Express series, and is seen “the personal favourite Shanghai band” of quite a few local music editors and critic writers.

Started in the summer of 2015, Schoolgirl Byebye was initiated by the guitarist Yangyue of “From the red”, and later joined the bassist Lijin of “Old Doll” and the drummer Gengsheng, “Schoolgirl Byebye” became an eternal legendary rock band. Apart from the common taste in music, the credits of the band’s forming up has to go large scale to the fact that they all feel disgusted towards anything cute, warm, and fresh, though they are indeed a fantastic “Indie” band.

The White Tulips (TWT) were formed back in 2012 in Xiamen and soon showed their creativity in Noise-Pop/Shoegaze. With the releasing of three EPs and one album, their music is widely spread in the underground music scene via internet and radio both in China and overseas. In the summer of 2016 after some member changes, they secured the current line-up. TWT’s music combines various freak styles and brings the audience a unique island romance.