City vs Country:Mobius Band

Title: City vs. Country

Label: Ghostly International

Genre: clever pop-rock

Rating: 6.4 of 7

Though electronic music has been around for quite some time, lately much larger audiences are becoming aware of the pop side of the genre and labels are picking up any artist with a blip or a bloop in their sound. Ghostly International, wit almost an entirely electronic roster, is going in a different direction; they have signed Mobius Band, and solemn yet catchy pop rock band. Now this New York via Massachusetts band does contain some electronic noise, but they use it the way it needs to be, tight and concise elements that compliment the sound rather than take it over. After just three self-released, shoe-string budget EPs, the band has gained a lot of momentum on the east coast, finally relocating themselves from the backwoods of Mass to the urban forest of NY. This EP is a response to the relocation and the five songs are delicately catchy never once overloading the sound with unnecessary noise. An props to Ghostly for reaching outside their genre and signing their first non-RPM artist.

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