On Tour Now With Magnolia Park
Today, New York-based alt-pop duo poptropicaslutz! release their debut album Face For The Radio via Epitaph Records.
Crafted and conceptualized over the course of a year, the follow up to their ambitious 2022 EP ‘just in case the world ends’ is sonically and thematically their most cohesive collection of songs yet. Exploring themes of love and loss, the dark side or “underbelly” of success and the sacrifices one is willing to make to get there, the band refines their confessional style of storytelling. Displaying how their lyricism has matured over the years, the album is packed with memorable wordplay that utilizes similes, metaphors, innuendos and vivid imagery. The lyrical acrobatics of the song “a flair for conclusions, yet she’ll never be a swan queen” is a prime example, with clips of the track bringing in over 1 Million views on Tik-Tok.
With an uncanny ear for melody, Nick Crawford (22) and Christian Cicilia (21) infuse a versatile assortment of styles and decades into their genre-bending sound, drawing references from Y2K pop stardom, indie sleaze, pop-punk & the Soundcloud rap era. Leading with fuzzed out guitars and a sprinkling of pop synths to buoy their sugary melodies and emphatic rhythms, production flourishes from kodeblooded (Connor Kaufmann, Sueco) add glitchcore elements for an electronic edge.
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’ (2023) with their friend, labelmate, and producer aldrch. As their infectious tracks garner over 2 million monthly streams across the board, with each release the band grows more confident in their status as a burgeoning alt-pop force.
Entering the next stage in their careers with their first full-length under their belts, poptropicaslutz! are 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 setup for success, but not in their own lane. At times, that’s’ been us, but not anymore.”
Face For The Radio Tracklisting
1. Falling Apart In Halftime
3. What Would You Do to Get Ahead(line)?
4. Where The Wind Blows
5. Strawberry Sorbet
7. True Colors
9. Catastrophe (w/ Magnolia Park)
10. Wind Back
11. A Flair For Conclusions, Yet She’ll Never Be Swan Queen
Catch poptropicaslutz! on tour this fall as they join their labelmates Magnolia Park on a run of the West Coast throughout October. Tickets are on sale HERE
poptropicaslutz! Tour Dates
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
