References to “hairspray and mixtapes,” combine with an 808-style synth allure for a strong dose of nostalgic fun on “All Good Hair Bands,” a track out today from Adam + Attack by Fire. The Apex, North Carolina-based project is fronted by Adam Tarsitano, a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer who formed Adam + Attack by Fire in 2019. “I have always wanted to create a synth driven song and finally had an opportunity to do it,” he says of the track, which aims to capture the “a high level of bombast in a lot of the music from the 1980s.”
A steady rhythmic pit-pattering complements twinkling and buzzing synth overlapping to start, as moody guitars reflect alongside. “All good hair bands go to heaven,” a radiant hook admits, while the guitar-fronted verses reflect more historically serious events– references to incoming war and “the Berlin Wall is falling.” The pairing of comforting ’80s nostalgia — “we’re smoking cigarettes in bathroom stalls,” — with more serious events. Adam + Attack by Fire thoroughly succeed in blending throwback amiability and more solemn accounts, all within a consistently melodic array of guitars and synths. Like any quality ’80s music setting, “All Good Hair Bands” is easy to put on replay.
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This 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, as part of the artist’s promotional campaign.
