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Shuttle – “One More Job”

November 8, 2023

Shuttle’s newest single just hit, and it’s our first taste of their upcoming EP. “One More Job” is a laid back psychedelic indie-pop cut whose off-kilter charms hook you indefinitely (check our previous feature on them here). Nostalgia dripped guitar lines strum before tripped-out synths take you to extraterrestrial planes and a groovin’ bass locks into a tight drum beat striking you with danceable effects. Shuttle grounds the psychedelic elements of his synths, vocals, and reverbed guitars with rich velvety bass and fat drum slaps that really take the pop track to new heights at the chorus. Here, Shuttle coo’s in falsetto “One more job to do/Then I’m done/Nothing left to lose/If you’re gone” showcasing that all too familiar brain space of chasing an elusive happiness in the promise of the future. The track has some gorgeous builds with synths blooming into a dispersion field before Shuttle cuts them with[...]

Shuttle – “Daydreamin'”

March 18, 2023

Shuttle brings a tight synth pop track your way with “Daydreamin’,” off of their most recent EP sharing the same name. Already having amassed nearly two thousand plays on Spotify (in addition to nearly 500k for equally accessible single “Swimming Through Time”), Shuttle is clearly no stranger to melodious pop tracks. I cannot, however, in good conscience recommend “Daydreamin'” to the layperson; in their forward they sent buffaBLOG it was clearly labeled as “music for non-human animals who travel in space.” Would this have been on the soundtrack to Laika, one of the first animals in space (cruelly) part of the Russian’s Sputnik 2? Maybe, maybe not. However, were I to assemble an away team in my “travels,” I would most assuredly choose Shuttle as a stalwart second mate – along with more established luminaries such as MGMT and Tame Impala (M83 can come too). “Daydreamin’s” carefully coordinated synths will[...]