Oberhofer

hometown: Tacoma, WA

categories: Dream Pop, Folk Rock, Noise Pop

for fans of: Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, No Age

why you should check them out:
Rather than choke with reverb, Brad Oberhofer's fuzzy hooks come out crisp as they're thoughtfully woven through colorful distortion over lyrics flooded with enough honesty to make us forget that they were penned by a 19-year old from Tacoma, WA.

background check:
His deliciously haunting freak folk certainly doesn't sound like it was recorded by a one-man (err, boy) band in his parents' basement approximately a year ago, but the self-released 7” o0O0o0O0o was enough to put the interwebs under the Oberhofer spell. When that “studio” serendipitously burned down, it cemented Brooklyn as the one time NYU student's new home, now leader of a rambunctious four-piece determined to see this whole live band gig through to the end. After spreading their wings at CMJ last October, the bewitching bedroom pop act stretched their touring legs throughout the rest of the East Coast right before dropping a second 7” on Inflated Records, a further investigation of their own breed of lush, manic pop armed with fiendish riffs and celestial howls.

Maybe it's the audacity he cultivated competitively freestyling in the 5th grade, or the abandonment that comes with playing guitar naked in his room that spawned the raw, conscientious charm that permeates his songs and resonates with listeners. Like the pied piper of indie rock, Brad employs his soon-to-be-if-not-already trademark whistling and you're simultaneously drawn through memories of sunny-day-BBQs and first kisses, and the curiosity and heartbreak of teenage wasteland. But what guarantees that his name will prevail within the over-saturated independent music scene of Brooklyn is the accessiblily of his music: ears and eyes will flock to Oberhofer's sophisticated yet playful compositions and wily performances for a long time to come.

website: http://www.myspace.com/oberhofermusic

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