On/Off by French Cassettes
“On/Off” is a power pop anthem created in a hallway closet then slathered through a tape machine, that invokes the nostalgia of ‘The Wonder Years’ and climaxes with the first guitar solo in history to hook, line and sinker the listener back on, off & on again.
"It took me a long time to realize “On/Off” was more autobiographical than I intended. I thought I was writing from the perspective of people I knew growing up, but after listening to it enough I realized 'oh wow, that's definitely my memory and that's my old relationship I'm talking about. Shocking.' I remember thinking up the opening lyric, 'I’d say at the time you were my best friend' on a walk home. Nothing outstanding about that, but I loved it and it brought me out of a block I was in, so of all our songs I really owe a lot to this one. This was also the first song we wrote for 'Rolodex', but it never made it onto the album. Makes yuh wonder." -Scott Huerta, French Cassettes
Harmony-driven power-pop from San Francisco.
The quartet’s new LP, Rolodex, is hook-filled and rooted in pop, layered with intricate vocal harmonies and counter-harmonies, inventive percussion, and every shade of clean and fuzzy guitars stacked up like an orchestra.
These uncommonly majestic, esoteric pop forms serve as the perfect delivery service for Huerta’s playful and verbose lyrics.