Tonight’s Concert Pick: City Rain at the North Star Bar Victorian Dining Room

Local electro-pop project City Rain play a free record release show at North Star Bar‘s Victorian Dining Room tonight.  The show is in celebration of City Rain’s new single “The Optimist” (which we got a preview of a few weeks ago) and the song’s video, which was premiered last week.  Despite City Rain’s usual stage presence of big sound and intricate layers, frontman Ben Runyan said the duo will strip down their production a bit for the intimate show tonight.  More information for the free show can be found here.  Watch the new video for “The Optimist” below followed by a clip of Runyan’s recent appearance on XPN’s Philly Local Show.