{"product_id":"sobs-air-guitar-coloured-vinyl","title":"Sobs – Air Guitar (Coloured Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDedicated to the power of pop music, Sobs are Singapore’s premier indiepop propagandists. After releasing a breakout bedroom pop EP Catflap and a dream-jangle LP Telltale Signs that brought international embrace, Sobs now assemble a front-to-back indiepop behemoth – \u003cem\u003eAir Guitar\u003c\/em\u003e – after a much anticipated three-year wait.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA thirty-minute trip for the post-Internet consumer, \u003cem\u003eAir Guitar\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \"\u003cem\u003eAir Guitar\"\u003c\/em\u003e. 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. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.topshelfrecords.com\/products\/732830-sobs-air-guitar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6PAoFRUU7GQ?si=TTr0cYxq7755YjAt\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSobs’ second album, \u003cem\u003eAir Guitar\u003c\/em\u003e (and their first for U.S. indie rock label Topshelf Records), is a full-fledged realization of those pop aspirations. During a period of burnout in the four years since Telltale Signs, vocalist Celine Autumn briefly stepped away from her guitar and instead embraced the effervescence of hyperpop. Although guitarists Jared Lim and Raphael Ong had brought some sheen to Sobs’ music in the past, Autumn’s self-titled solo EP as Cayenne was pure pop gloss. Co-produced with Lim, Cayenne was a sugar rush, replete with carbonated synths, glitchy distortion, and magnetic hooks. Sobs blend that same fizzy pop production with their summery indie rock on \u003cem\u003eAir Guitar\u003c\/em\u003e—the album glitters without blunting the trio’s sharp edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBedroom pop’s intimate sensibilities still inform Sobs’ lyrics. Across the record, Autumn plays a passive character, trapped in a relationship that should have ended long ago. On the bright bubble-grunge of the title track, she comes to grips with the romance’s shortcomings: “Your lips don’t taste the same, you’re no longer mine\/You’re not worthy of the fight,” she professes. Gutless to properly end things, the song buries its remaining sheepish confessions like whispers under a distorted guitar. The spirited guitar line at the end of the song makes Autumn’s last attempt at escape feel even more momentous, despite her resignation. “Friday Night” recounts a similar predicament: Autumn drifts through a cramped house party, her nervousness fading to disappointment as she laments yet another emotionally unavailable partner. In a flash, “Friday Night” conceals her despair as the saccharine power pop transforms into an electric drum’n’bass breakdown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne painful realization after another, \u003cem\u003eAir Guitar\u003c\/em\u003e is candy-coated without dulling the pain of heartbreak. If Autumn isn’t surrendering to the reality of an absent and thoughtless partner, then she’s helplessly pleading for someone more reliable. “Please don’t call me back, ‘cause I don’t want to hurt you,” she begs on “LOML,” exhausted from the fatigue and uncertainty. But there are also clear moments that disavow that pessimism, like the earnest and tender power pop of “World Implode.” Sobs translate the cyclical feeling of falling and out of love into gleaming, guitar-led confections across \u003cem\u003eAir Guitar\u003c\/em\u003e, exuberantly delivering on the promise of going big. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/sobs-air-guitar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Reissued on \"Temporary Bliss\" Red + White vinyl\u003cbr\u003e- Includes lossless audio download\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0KZcDNYKaKv4mq93fIUDau?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Topshelf Records\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Temporary Bliss\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2023 \/ Originally Released: 2022\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Rock, Pop\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Indie Pop, Indie Rock\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Singapore Titles\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Topshelf Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46844500672670,"sku":"634457193079","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a2512132838_10.jpg?v=1778916582","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/sobs-air-guitar-coloured-vinyl","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}