poptropicaslutz! Share New Single 'Upside Down' Featuring PmBata
Their debut album will be out October 13.
By: Michael Major Aug. 16, 2023
Last month NY-based poptropicaslutz! announced their debut album Face For The Radio (out October 13) with the neon pop-punk influenced lead single “What Would You Do To Get Ahead(line)”, praised by Ones To Watch for its “intensifying pre-chorus and high-octane hook.” Today, they share another preview of the record with the energetic single titled “Upside Down”.
Seamlessly pairing pulsating electronic synths with classic pop-punk guitar riffs, the track boasts a featured verse from new age hip-hop artist PmBata and production from Courtney Ballard (5SOS, Jessie J) and Kodeblooded (Sueco, Connor Kaufman). The band explains,
"Upside Down is a song about escapism and getting a new lease on life. It’s about coming to realize that the people around you are just prolonging the inevitable….so instead of running away, you run straight in." Check out the accompanying music visual below:
Imbuing their auto-tuned melodies with traces of Fall Out Boy, Hellogoodbye, Juice WRLD, Kelly Clarkson, and ‘10s SoundCloud rap, 21-year-old Christian Cicilia and 22-year-old Nick Crawford’s debut EP Just In Case The World Ends (2022) showcased their penchant for blending maximalist production with pop-punk for a highly danceable fusion of “hyper-punk”. In Face For The Radio, they up the distortion levels, leading with fuzzed out guitars and a sprinkling of alt-pop synths, with sugary melodies and emphatic rhythms that get you on your feet.
Face For The Radio is sonically and thematically their most cohesive collection of songs, crafted over the course of a year. Production flourishes from kodeblooded (Connor Kaufmann, Sueco) add glitchcore elements to form eleven sonically rich, textured tracks.
By giving themselves the time to think out every aspect of the album ahead of time, the band was able to conceptualize the project before ever hitting the recording studio. Exploring themes of love and loss, the dark side or “underbelly” of success and what/who you’ll sacrifice to get there, the duo utilizes their confessional style of storytelling for effective songwriting.
Since signing to Epitaph, poptropicaslutz! have been on an upward trajectory that has propelled them from releasing a handful of standalone singles, to their breakout debut EP ‘just in case the world ends’, and most recently a split EP ‘Gossip Team’ with their friend, labelmate, and producer aldrch. As their infectious tracks garner over 1.3 million monthly streams, the band grows more confident in their status as a burgeoning alt-pop force with each release.
Now entering the next stage in their careers with their first full-length, they’re ready for their time to shine. The band muses, “Having a 'face for the radio' has historically described those better fit for something else…. those set up for success, but not in their own lane. At times, that’s been us, but not anymore.”
This summer poptropicaslutz! embarked on their biggest headlining tour yet! The Truth Is In The Glitter tour kicked off on July 21st in Boston, with stops along the way in DC, Phoenix, LA and Chicago before bringing it home to New York on August 18. The band also just announced that they’ll be joining their labelmates Magnolia Park on run of the West Coast starting October 5.
Tickets are on sale HERE.
The Truth Is In The Glitter Tour Dates
August 16 – Columbus, OH
August 18 – New York, NY
w/Magnolia Park
10/5 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
10/6 - San Antonio, TX @ The Rock Box
10/7 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City Music Hall
10/9 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
10/10 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Rebel Lounge
10/12 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
10/13 - San Diego, CA @ SOMA
10/14 - Berkeley, CA @ Cornerstone
10/16 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
10/17 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
10/19 - Roseville, CA @ Goldfields Trading Post
10/20 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
10/23 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
10/25 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
10/27 - Des Moines, IA @ Woolys
10/28 - Sauget, IL @ Pops
10/29 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts
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