Independent alt queer duo Outer Shapes, consisting of lead singer and bassist Laura Shkouratoff and guitarist and drummer C Santos, are known for their high energy live set within the NYC music scene, complete with costumes, projections, and both of them shuffling between over 5 instruments including a tuba. Their shows involve audience participation and are the perfect vessel for their powerful beats and synths intertwined with emotional lyricism. Their motto is “FEEL ALL YOUR FEELINGS,” and their music paints the full complexity and depth of emotion.

Outer Shapes’ music making process is a long and intimate experience, as they write, record, and produce all of their work in their home studio. Having been in a relationship together for a decade, they are able to constantly create a genre-bending sound that is uniquely theirs, exploring a new area of the queer voice as well as breaking barriers between pop, rock, and alternative music. The duo’s debut EP, Senses, released in 2024 and won the Wavy Awards’ Album of the Year.