New Music Initative 059: Popstrangers
Apr. 25th, 2013 08:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23I have always been a fan of New Zealand bands. That scene always produced dozens of bands that made interesting pop heavy on the Velvet Underground influence.
Which is where Popstrangers comes in, though, even with the name, there is not really much 'pop' about them.
They have a strong 90s rock vibe- post grunge, post indie, and they combine that with a strong post-shoegaze sound. A heavy Sonic Youth (as in first, second, and third generation SY and descendants) vibe soaks through them
They get a lot of comparisons to label mates Cloud Nothings, but unlike that band (who I championed in 20130, they are less about the vocals and more about exploring the space in the music. Oddly, this means that of all the bands in the world, the first that comes to my mind is the Deftones.
"Heaven" is a pretty memorable video too. Antipodes is the album and it's gathering some buzz.
Which is where Popstrangers comes in, though, even with the name, there is not really much 'pop' about them.
They have a strong 90s rock vibe- post grunge, post indie, and they combine that with a strong post-shoegaze sound. A heavy Sonic Youth (as in first, second, and third generation SY and descendants) vibe soaks through them
They get a lot of comparisons to label mates Cloud Nothings, but unlike that band (who I championed in 20130, they are less about the vocals and more about exploring the space in the music. Oddly, this means that of all the bands in the world, the first that comes to my mind is the Deftones.
"Heaven" is a pretty memorable video too. Antipodes is the album and it's gathering some buzz.
