Music you’d find in 80s John Hughes movies
Austin based band The Black and the White Years provide a combination of indie rock and electro pop vibes in their album Strange Figurines. Strange Figurines manages to flow seamlessly from one song into another while avoiding monotony. “Little Ones” is a trippy little pop number featuring 80s-esque synthesizers and dreamy guitar hooks alongside Butler’s rough vocals.The album’s opening number “Embraces” sounds like something from the opening scene of a John Hughes movie. The only low point of the album would have to be its title song, which comes across as a love song that’s a tad too sweet for most listeners. Overall, it isn’t very hard to like Strange Figurines, which laces indie rock with 80s influences and pulls it off quite well, creating a nostalgic, but not dated sound.
RIYL: Of Montreal, Tennis,
Recommended: 1, 2, 4, 8 ,9, 10