City of the Sun

City of the Sun is an instrumental pop rock quartet whose sound draws on indie rock, American folk, flamenco and blues. The band plays at MOTH Club, a London venue that mainly hosts concerts, with a focus on pop, rock and indie music.

City of the Sun is an instrumental quartet with an experimental yet accessible sound, mixing tense passages with a cheerful, melodic tone. Its founding members are John Pita, lead guitarist and frontman, who grew up in Ecuador, and Zach Para, a percussionist and drummer from Seattle with a jazz background and training at the Boston Conservatory, who met John in New York. Matt Fasano plays bass and Marco Bolfelli plays guitar.

The band's influences run from indie rock to American folk, flamenco and blues. Early on, the members bonded over music by Dire Straits, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Santana, The War on Drugs and Coldplay, and they had spent years playing on the street before forming the group's current line-up. They have sold out several New York venues and toured with Thievery Corporation, Peter Bjorn & John, G. Love and STS9.

Their music has also featured in the soundtrack to the documentary The C Word, directed by Meghan O'Hara, with narration by Morgan Freeman. City of the Sun has been a featured act at Panorama NYC, Firefly and BottleRock Napa festivals. On an earlier run of European and UK shows, the band sold out most of its dates. The London show takes place at MOTH Club, an venue at Old Trades Hall that focuses on pop, rock and indie.