Lewis Del Mar
Gritty acoustic guitars colliding with industrial samples and restless Latin rhythms. High-tension indie pop for when the city feels a little too loud.
Gritty acoustic guitars colliding with industrial samples and restless Latin rhythms. High-tension indie pop for when the city feels a little too loud.
Lewis Del Mar sounds like a beautiful mess in the best possible way. It is the sound of an acoustic guitar being played with enough force to snap a string, layered over a rhythmic bed of found-sound percussion that feels like it was recorded on a busy Queens street corner. There is a constant friction between the organic warmth of the folk elements and the cold, digital clipping of the production.
What makes them truly distinctive is their use of silence and sudden, violent shifts in volume. One moment you are leaning into a whispered, intimate vocal, and the next you are hit with a wall of distorted drums and industrial noise. This 'quiet-loud' dynamic creates a sense of perpetual motion and anxiety that perfectly captures the frantic energy of 21st-century urban life.
Start with their self-titled debut album. It serves as the perfect manifesto for their sound, particularly the track 'Loud(y)' which established their signature blend of folk intimacy and experimental aggression. It is the ideal entry point for anyone who wants their pop music to have a little more dirt under its fingernails.
Lewis Del Mar is an American experimental pop duo from Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York City. Consisting of singer and guitarist Danny Miller, and drummer and producer Max Harwood, the group first received attention in early 2015 when their debut single "Loud(y)" was featured in the number one spot on Hype Machine. They released their debut extended play, EP, in January 2016, which peaked at number 7 on Billboard Emerging Artists. Their self-titled debut album was released on October 7, 2016, through Columbia Records.
Shares indie pop, art pop (subgenres); noise textured, layered dense, analog warmth (production style)
Shares acoustic folk, art pop (subgenres); layered dense, analog warmth (production style)
Shares indie pop, art pop (subgenres); sample based, layered dense, analog warmth (production style)
Shares indie pop, art pop (subgenres); sample based, layered dense, analog warmth (production style)
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Shares indie pop, art pop (subgenres); restless, bittersweet, vulnerable (moods)
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