Thurs. June 19 

A couple of years back, Linda Viens (right, in photo) and Emily Grogan (left) were playing their guitars while their kids played together. Viens had sung with Bad Saints, Boston Rock Opera and Crown Electric Company, among others, but had taken five years off.  “Our brains clicked,” says Viens. “We have a similar edgy, rock quality. She edges me up and I soften her up; it’s a cool dance we do together.” Initially, just a side project, last year Viens and Grogan formed a sextet called Angeline, and went in the studio with producer (and their bassist) Asa Brebner. The result: The sometimes melancholic, sometimes upbeat, folk-rock CD “Powdered Pearls.”
 

 They wrote separately, but shared vocals. “There’s something about singing harmony with another woman,” says Viens. “Something about the synergy of not carrying it all alone. I’d never shared front-person duties like that. On stage, I feel like I’m free-floating. I can get lost in my own emotional headspace and so can she. There’s a lot of sadness in this music, but when we play there’s an extremely joyful, funny, complex thing going on. A lot of pain, but we can’t stop being happy." Angeline plays the Lizard Lounge at 10 p.m. Thursday June 19. Opening: Bitter and the Scallywags at 9 They're joined by the Darlings and Fighting Cocks. Starts at 9. Cover: $8.

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