Reimagining indie rock through a vibrant house music lens, housecAt is an enveloping debut from brotherly duo Art Pop. The album transforms introspective songwriting into infectious dance arrangements, utilizing reversed sections and cut-up beats to explore themes of vulnerability, mistakes, and escape.

Following an opening track that enamors in its swell from lush synths to vibrant effervescence, the album gets set into motion with “the party’s never over (and i feel alive right now…).” Stately piano and confessional vocals, admitting to starting a band “just to get away,” develop enjoyably into an evolving electro-pop charm. “We all make mistakes. I wanna be better, but I don’t know to try,” dreamy vocals exude with vulnerable prowess, complemented by a reprisal of the initial “started a band” line — here touched by a spacey, brightly hooky electronic pop backing. housecAt is full of satiating song structures and hooky arrivals, and this track is exemplary of such.

The ensuing “in my blue house” is another delight, succeeding in the dreamier, murkier realm. Throbbing bass, rhythmic pit-patter, and colorful synths meld with a memorable vocal presence, alternating between catchy “really want it” refrains and “paint my house” hypnotic dazes. A euphoric, anthemic sense takes hold in the conclusion via interweaving vocal layers and illuminated electronic tones. Additional highlights include the distortion-laden and reversed-vocal psych-pop within “but sad kitty don’t dance” and the gleeful, hyperpop-friendly finale “but i don’t know how to try” — nodding to the hook on “the party’s never over…”. Throughout, Art Pop’s housecAt excels with melodically memorable and inventive sound.

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“in my blue house” and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.

We discovered this release via MusoSoup.

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