The Sophs
GOLDSTAR
80--90点相当
だれ？
メディア得点が結構高くて
びっくり
なんで？
レーベルの力？ 案件？
いまいち。
高くても 70点台だなぁ。
ロサンゼルスを拠点とする6人組バンド
1st
Rough Trade から
Los Angeles-based six-piece the Sophs landed a record deal with Rough Trade after cold-emailing demos to 30 independent labels and hearing back from two; the other one was a rejection. It's easy to understand both of these reactions upon hearing GOLDSTAR. A mercurial debut album that's also quite theatrical -- think Kurt Weill and rock opera -- it indulges in multiple genre send-ups during its alt-rocky journey through the head of a frankly loathsome narrator. Singer/lyricist Ethan Ramon has described the persona as part character and part a depository for brutal honesty and intrusive thoughts. They go all-in with this idea on the opener, "THE DOG DIES IN THE END." A song partly about watching a neighbor walk his Maltese and partly about seeing an object of affection dance with a bully, it adopts an explosive, Abbey Road-style hard rock for its malignant thoughts.