Art Pop paints a kaleidoscopic sonic portrait with album opener, ‘sunrise 4 suckers’!
Austin-based duo Max and Miles Grossenbacher are the artists behind Art Pop, a project that defiantly refuses to be boxed in. Drawing from a range of eclectic influences, from the dance energy of Daft Punk to the subliminal grooves of Radiohead; the scrappy charm of The Strokes, Pavement and Car Seat Headrest; and the offbeat storytelling of Randy Newman—Art Pop crafts a sound that’s refreshingly original and
The intro track to their latest album, ‘housecAT’, is a psychedelic arrangement that essentially sounds like a track in reverse. While the album itself is positioned as ‘indie rock reimagined through a house music lens’, ‘sunrise 4 suckers’ is an otherworldly introduction that leaves you with more questions than answers.
We open onto tranquil, airy atmospherics and warped, reversed vocals. Unfolding with a grace, the track expands, evoking images of moving at light speed. You perceive fragments of vocals, layered and glitched. At just under a min, the track is meant to set the tone of the album ahead. One of radical experimentation, unconventional textures and downright weird, wonderful sound design.
If there’s an experimental body of work to immerse yourself into today, we recommend diving into Art Pop’s ‘housecAT’. Their music strays wide of the mainstream and pursues a wider, futuristic, world-building outlook.
Art Pop isn’t afraid to bend the rules—flipping song structures, warping sound design, and diving headfirst into the wonderfully weird. Their tracks are less about fitting in and more about building a world: one that invites listeners to escape the noise, embrace the absurd, and get lost in something truly original.
For fans of music that pushes boundaries without losing heart, Art Pop is a portal into the artfully chaotic and deeply human.
