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Sobs: How did Sobs go from web project to indie pop star?

Sobs: From Web Project to Indie Pop Stars Sobs went from online to onstage with their catchy tunes. They talk about their new album, US tour

Interview w/ Sobs ahead of their short tour of Japan this week, June 2,3,4,5. (Details at the link)

Among the topics are a discussion of their recent US tour, the Air Guitar album, and the arranging and performing on a song by J-indie singer-songwriter Natsuko Nisshoku (日食なつこ):

Celine Autumn adding backing vocals, singing in Japanese. Jared Lim plays both guitar and drums(!!), and Raphael Michael Ong plays guitar (and bass?). Natsuko sings and plays piano.

And more Sobs news -- this short song was performed last year for the Japanese channel AREA DIP, but just got a release last week:

Ta da da is not on any of their albums.

Sobs Links:  Bandcamp,  Spotify,  Instagram,  Topshelf Records YouTube,  Middle Class Cigars (YouTube, SoundCloud) Sobs twitter.  stansobs fan IG 

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Just bought my tix for Sobs in Brooklyn.  =D

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FINALLY!  First MV and title track of the new album from Sobs   =D

What can I say, this is a super catchy tune and a cute low budget clip - in other words, it’s perfect!

Sobs: Celine Autumn-Voc, Jared Lim-Gtr, Raphael Ong-Gtr. With: Shaun Khiu-Drums, Percussion Zhang Bo-Bass, Additional Guitars (from Cosmic Child and Blush) Produced / Engineered by Jared Lim (also in SUBSONIC EYE, solo as Jorud)

Sobs links:  Bandcamp,  Spotify,  Instagram,  Topshelf Records YouTube,  Middle Class Cigars (YouTube, SoundCloud) Sobs twitter

Celine solo is Cayenne: Cayenne IG, Spotify, Twitter,  YouTube,  Bandcamp,  SoundCloud)

I just pre-ordered the album at Bandcamp (By the way, today is a ‘Bandcamp Friday’, all proceeds go to the artist, so snap it up today if you can.):

Includes digital pre-order of Air Guitar. You get *2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released. Digital album releases October 26, 2022. Physical item ships out on or around November 10, 2022

Pre-save the album 💾 → topshelfrecords.com/252

For our Japanese 🇯🇵 friends, an exclusive CD pressing with an additional bonus track is available from Inpartmaint Inc. → inpartmaint.com/site/35896/ For our Indonesian 🇮🇩 friends, our buddies from Kolibri Rekords are releasing a special run of CDs and cassettes available from Oct. 26 → tokopedia.com/kolibrirekordsshop

*the 2 tracks available now are Air Guitar and Cool (Gwen Stefani cover)

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Sobs: Singapore’s indie pop stars make a dazzling leap on new album ‘Air Guitar’

Sob's second album 'Air Guitar' is potent, poptastic and their debut release on US indie label Topshelf Records – read the NME interview.

Sobs are getting so much good press recently, it’s a beautiful thing to see!  Excellent feature / interview by Karen Gwee.  =D

By the way, yesterday was the official digital release, so if you pre-saved or pre-ordered, it’s ready for download. (links at instagram / bandcamp below)

Here they are last year at Baybeats 2021, the set is a mix of older songs and songs from the 2022 album:

Sobs Links:  Bandcamp,  Spotify,  Instagram,  Topshelf Records YouTube,  Middle Class Cigars (YouTube, SoundCloud) Sobs twitter

Celine Autumn solo project: Cayenne IG, Spotify, Twitter,  YouTube,  Bandcamp,  SoundCloud.  Jared Lim from Sobs works w/ Celine in Cayenne.

The YouTuber Anthony Arce is from The Philippines, but he’s got more from Baybeats on his channel. Blush band is fronted by Soffi Peters, support keyboardist for Sobs:

Sobs support bassist Zhang Bo is a member of Blush, and also leads Cosmic Child:

Cosmic Child Links:  Spotify,  Instagram,  Middle Class Cigars YouTube, bandcamp

Blush bassist Daniel Pei is also in Cosmic Child.  Singapore music scene seems more interconnected than even Taiwan’s!  :O

Blush Links: Bandcamp, Instagram,  Spotify,  YouTube   2021 feature about Blush

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Yo, Taipei! Sobs are playing The Wall live house on September 9th! =D

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Hey!  In case you missed the original live stream on March 6th, here is the full set & interview w/ Sobs on Audiotree Live!  (posted today) =D

5 songs and 2 interview segments.   High quality a/v (I wonder if that close-up camera made Celine nervous?)

Air Guitar, Last Resort, chat, Telltale Signs, Catflap, chat, LOML

Links:  Bandcamp,  Spotify,  Instagram,  Topshelf Records (YouTube),  Middle Class Cigars (YouTube, SoundCloud) Sobs twitter

Celine Autumn-voc (Cayenne IG, Spotify, Twitter,  YouTube,  Bandcamp,  SoundCloud), Jared Lim-gtr (also in SUBSONIC EYE, solo as Jorud-Bandcamp), Raphael Michael Ong-gtr (Fr. Middle Class Cigars label)

Zhang Bo-bass/b. voc (Cosmic Child, Blush), 

Shaun Khiu-drums (ex-Monster Cat)

Soffi Peters-Synth (aka Sofklo: Sofklo Instagram, Bandcamp, SoundCloud, member of Blush.)

A few days earlier on the Sobs US tour, they also did a live set at KEXP in Seattle, also excellent in case you missed that *live stream. The first 2 songs are different from the Audiotree set:

*The original KEXP live stream was audio-only, but this the full video!

Burn Book, Astronomy, Air Guitar, Last Resort.

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Sobs just announced a short Japan tour.  =D  

We are coming back to meet all of you in Japan! ✈️ 🇯🇵 

Tickets on sale 4/8 10AM → sobs.live/tour 

All the venues and bands are tagged in this post.

And KEXP just now uploaded the 4 songs from the set filmed on March 3rd.  

Here they are in Chicago a couple of days later:

Celine Autumn - Vocals Jared Lim - Lead Guitar (Jared also mixed the KEXP set) Raphael Ong - Rhythm Guitar Zhang Bo - Bass Shaun Khiu - Drums Soffi Peters - Synths

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Dreaming With Elephant Gym, 9m88, and LÜCY at SXSW’s Taiwan Beats Showcase

A six-act journey from island grooves to hip-hop chaos

A feature by WAYNE LIM for The Austin Chronicle, recapping the Taiwan Beats Showcase.   =D

He also praised Sobs for coming thru so well under trying circumstances (Bad weather, altered set time, only one rehearsal w/ the substitute drummer)

CLARA WANG of The Austin Chronicle profiled 9m88 ahead of her 2 sets in Austin.    Baba went back to NYC and played in Brooklyn on Sunday night. (Music Hall of Williamsburg - SOLD OUT.) Would love to post a clip if anybody spots something on YT.