"Oh my god I’m so alive / Oh my god am I dying / Oh my god I can’t describe..."
The indie rock dance party, shiny, yet angular, straightforward, yet abstract atmospheres of "Rumble" by St. Louis bred / based Jesus Christ Supercar offers a lot to love whether you take your indie rock with shades of power pop, art punk or Spotify pop rock. The track as the lead single from the trio's new EP "RELIABLE BRAKE SERVICE", produced by Mobley (Last Gang Records), is perfectly rendered, it jams hard enough to be embraced by those enamored with garage rock or indie electronica.
So, the very inviting sound, where do I start. Take the raucous funk punk angling of LCD Soundsystem / Talking Heads, a less post punk-esque flavor of Franz Ferdinand and a wee bit of Arctic Simians without the snarkiness... fold in general house party vibes and that is what I would describe this track like. I get the sense that these guys' mission is to make their live audiences head bang and dance without any pretense, that's what I am feeling anyway.
Oh my god am I dying
Oh my god I can’t describe
Did you get what you wanted
Does it help you satisfy
Is that rumble what you needed
In the sequence getting lost
Does it help you defeat the night
I rumble where I’m needed"
Oh, yeah and when it comes down to it, "Rumble" feels / sounds cool but dark and subversive too, a leather jacket that is scuffed to hell and smells like cigarettes and all manner of drink. This track, slick and cinematic, easily could have been in Michael Mann's 1986 film "Manhunter" or the Dan Gilroy's 2014 film "Nightcrawler" and that says a lot.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://jesuschristsupercar.bandcamp.com/track/rumble
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https://www.facebook.com/jesuschristsupercar
Sometimes, you’ve just got to keep on rumbling. Jesus Christ Supercar formed in St. Louis in 2018 and hasn’t idled for a second. Forging a mix of their disco, synth pop, and glam-rock influences, the band has built a reputation both for the dance parties they instigate and the headbanging riffs they effortlessly rip.
Supercar has paved their own way as their city’s premier (read: only) fuzz-pop, matching-jackets, dance-rock group. They’ve shared the stage with Cheap Trick, Broncho, !!! (Chk Chk Chk), Dinosaut Pile-Up, El Ten Eleven, Post-Sex Nachos, the Blue Stones, and more, and show no signs of stopping. The band’s three EPs - POST-MADONNA (2020), TURBO DIESEL (2021), and WHAT TIME? (2022) - emphasize their “make-it-danceable-first” ethos, riffing on indie sleaze aesthetics mixed with their idolization of pop music and desert rock.
Their new EP, RELIABLE BRAKE SERVICE, produced by Mobley (Last Gang Records), is out February 2025. Lead single “RUMBLE” is emblematic of the Supercar sound: a dance number chock full of arpeggiators, handclaps, harmonies, and riffs for days. "RUMBLE" is streaming everywhere on 11.26.24.
Jesus Christ Supercar, alt rock, power pop, funk punk, art punk, post rock, indie electronica, indie rock, cinematic, new EP "RELIABLE BRAKE SERVICE", "Rumble", heavy bass attacks, angular, arpeggio'd rock,
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