City Planners is a five-piece, female-fronted indie band based in Portland, Maine, though two members hail from central and eastern Pennsylvania! Fusing post-punk attack with synth-pop melodies, City Planners play upbeat, guitar-driven songs drenched in reverb and anchored by catchy hooks and raw energy. In 2025, the band released their debut album, Plastic and Metal, which has been described as “smart indie pop with an alt angle to it, and hooks to spare for days” (If It’s Too Loud), “sincere and inspiring” (The Bollard), and “perfectly-executed synth-forward indie pop” (Rosy Overdrive). Drawing from the angular energy of Gang of Four and Pylon, the bold harmonies of The B-52s and The New Pornographers, and the dreamlike haze of Mazzy Star, City Planners’ sound is eclectic, collaborative, and unmistakably their own.