South London quartet The Melodic will be crossing the pond to play a short series of dates in North America throughout January, stopping by locally at NYC’s Le Poisson Rouge on Jan. 16 and Philly’s North Star Bar on Jan. 18. The group was formed by childhood friends Huw Williams and Rudi Schmidt in 2010, who spent their teenage years preforming and writing music together. The folk-pop band released their debut album, Effra Parade, this past November after signing to Anti Records in May.