Air Guitar by Sobs
A thirty-minute trip for the post-Internet consumer, Air Guitar calibrates inventive pop hooks for the indie rock lover, instantly accessible yet intricately arranged. The album draws a line through the history of pop stylistics from 80s new wave [Last Resort] and 90s power-pop [Burn Book] to 00s sk8er punk and radio pop [Air Guitar]. Further informed by the cosmopolitan, culturally astute ethos of PC Music – Sobs connects the uptempo of Shibuya’s Advantage Lucy [Lucked Out], heart-on-sleeve indie rock of Bettie Serveert and Big Star [World Implode], with the eclecticism of New York’s Darla Records [Friday Night] to define the pulse of indiepop then and now.
Pre-save the album 💾 → topshelfrecords.com/252
Watch the video for single "Air Guitar" 🎸 → youtu.be/6PAoFRUU7GQ
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For our Indonesian 🇮🇩 friends, our buddies from Kolibri Rekords are releasing a special run of CDs and cassettes available from Oct. 26 → tokopedia.com/kolibrirekordsshop
Tracklist
| 1. | Air Guitar | 3:03 |
| 2. | Dealbreaker | 4:04 |
| 3. | Lucked Out | 1:49 |
| 4. | Friday Night | 3:53 |
| 5. | Last Resort | 3:33 |
| 6. | Burn Book | 4:20 |
| 7. | World Implode | 3:47 |
| 8. | LOML | 4:33 |
| 9. | Cool (Bonus Track) | 2:40 |
Credits
Sobs is Celine Autumn, Jared Lim and Raphael Ong.
With:
Shaun Khiu [Drums, Percussion]
Zhang Bo [Bass, Additional Guitars]
Produced and engineered by Jared Lim
Mastered by Paul Gold at Salt Mastering
Photography by Christopher Sim
