An immigration lawyer by day and mastermind behind Seattle ambient rock collective somesurprises<\/a> by night, Natasha El-Sergany – born in Ireland, raised partly in the UK, and has lived throughout the U.S. – is not your average Seattle rocker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The music of somesurprises is a unique combination of sounds from her various homes: the German rock and Brit-pop soundtracking her childhood in England; bands she loved while in high school in Florida, like Radiohead and Elliott Smith; the narrative songwriting and twang native to the American South where she lived in in her twenties; the DIY ethos she’s devoured while living in Seattle for the last 12 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of El-Sergany’s moving around\u2014and the connection between the bandmembers\u2014impacts the distinctive, drone-heavy amalgamated sound of somesurprises. They’re first on the bill at Ronette\u2019s Psychedlic Sock Hop<\/a> this Saturday, November 5th, followed by Purest Feeling from New York City, American Culture from Denver, and Tomten. <\/p>\n\n\n\n