Sure Sure – What’s It Like

L.A. based band, Sure Sure, have released their new album, What’s It Like? The self-described “experimental pop” group is exactly that, bridging the ever-growing gap between classic and modern popular music. Incorporating the most enjoyable aspects of today’s indie music with a crooning, sometimes-psychedelic sound, the band creates a timeless feel-good record that spans generations of sound. Layered vocals, Moog-style synths, and catchy guitar riffs blend together to form a soundscape that would be fit seamlessly into the repertoire of countless decades. Certain tracks, most notably Good Thing, are incredibly reminiscent of pop music’s golden age, inducing memories of Elton John, while others, like Might Might Not, sound more similar to new-age bands like Parcels. The album boasts enough of a gritty tone at times to consider it rock, with fuzzy guitars chords filling songs like Warm Animal and What’s It Like. My favorite piece of this project came early, with the guitar solo in Good Thing blowing me away and instantly becoming one of my favorite riffs in recent memory. This album is the soundtrack to a non-existent summer, with warm tones and bright sounds making it perfect to listen to on that weekend drive to the beach.