Indie Rock from Art Pop

Coming out of the indie rock landscape of Austin, Texas, Art Pop is a project is forged by brothers Max and Miles Grossenbacher, who’ve been crafting their own brand of genre-fluid alternative music since 2018. Art Pop is an enduring sonic experiment, a collision of oddball influences and emotional candour that results in engaging and fiercely original musical output.

Drawing inspiration from a wild mix of sources from LCD Soundsystem and Daft Punk, to Stereolab and Radiohead, with a healthy dose of the lo-fi charm of Pavement, The Strokes and Car Seat Headrest, their music feels at once scrappy and cerebral. Their sound twist their influences into something thoroughly new, constructing a warped indie universe that’s often absurd, occasionally chaotic and always meaningful.

Unveiling their sound in 2018 with the debut EP, sad boy loco, they’ve since shared a string of well-received releases over the years. Most recently, they’ve dropped their new record, this is art pop, entirely self-produced and recorded in their parents’ home in Austin, the album feels like a snapshot of pure creativity in motion.

Now they bring us their single titled “Teenage Scum,” lifted from the LP, a song stacked with themes of loneliness, longing and frustration, it embraces the disillusionment that comes with growing up. There’s a brash honesty to the lyrics, bolstered by inventive production choices that sees warped guitars, unpredictable rhythm shifts and lo-fi textures providing a fitting backdrop to the song’s bittersweet context, blurring the line between garage rock and bedroom pop.

Opened by the gritty crunch of fuzzy guitar tones, the arrangement builds with the taps of percussion and sweep of buzzy synth texture, tumbling into a grooving indie rock jam that glides with bouncy rhythm and upbeat aesthetic. With lively vocals and splashing drums, the track launches with a burst of punk-inflected energy, rolling with punchy beats and hazy guitar riffs, resulting in a gripping soundscape that’s fiercely unique and entirely enthralling from start to finish.

Led by expressive vocal performance that bends from spoken word style delivery to belted passages, the track’s slick ebb and flow blends moments of stripped back arrangement and intricate instrumental flourishes to deliver an exhilarating rock ride throughout. With “Teenage Scum” and their this is art pop record marking a new chapter for the duo, Art Pop are sure to continue going from strength to strength with their compelling musical vision and we can’t wait to see what they’ve got in store next.

Listen to teenage scum below

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