Dedicated to the power of pop music, Sobs are Singapores premier indie-pop 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 Air Guitar after a much anticipated three-year wait.

A thirty-minute trip for the post-Internet consumer, Air Guitar 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 (“Air Guitar”). Further informed by the cosmopolitan, culturally astute ethos of PC Music Sobs connects the uptempo of Shibuyas Advantage Lucy (“Lucked Out”), heart-on-sleeve indie rock of Bettie Serveert and Big Star (“World Implode”), with the eclecticism of New Yorks Darla Records (“Friday Night”) to define the pulse of indie-pop then and now.

Format / LP
Released / 03/28/2025
Catalogue / TPSF-252B
Barcode / 634457193079
Artist / Sobs
Label / Topshelf Records
Genre / Pop / Rock