{"id":687,"date":"2021-06-14T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2021\/2021\/06\/14\/loops-loops-new-album-fake-face\/"},"modified":"2021-06-14T18:45:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T18:45:00","slug":"loops-loops-new-album-fake-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2021\/2021\/06\/14\/loops-loops-new-album-fake-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Loops & Loops Take a Trip Into Heartbreak\u2019s Past With New Album"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Songwriter Peter Bogolub under the moniker Loops & Loops has created the album, Fake Face<\/em>, released on June 11. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowing that this project was recorded during quarantine and almost entirely in the closet of his NYC apartment, listening to it feels like even more of a personal experience. Aptly so, Pete took a dive into analyzing failed relationships throughout his life, relying on his affinity for shoegaze-style indie rock while merging elements of pop synths and melodic guitar\/ukelele loops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Citing Yo La Tengo<\/a>, My Bloody Valentine, and The Magnetic Fields as his biggest musical influences, Fake Face can be seen as a return to his DIY\/ indie roots. A self-taught musician and collaborator in bands for over 20 years, this album showcases a side of Pete that could only be brought out as a solo act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, the singles for this album have been “County Fair” <\/strong>and “Pain In My Heart”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDark Clouds\u201d is the opening of the album, a slow soft beginning to a melancholic motif. A stand out lyric being, \u201cPeople see what they want to see \/ They can tell there\u2019s something wrong with me.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Light,\u201d the second song, has bright happy guitars with a familiar beat. Telling the story that sometimes the end of something is really the beginning. None of the songs on the album are really happy but they\u2019re neither all doom and gloom either, this song really highlights that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDown in Mexico\u201d is almost wistful but similar to how I do not speak Spanish beyond a high school level I could understand about 50% of the words in this song. That isn\u2019t a dealbreaker considering what could be heard clearly is, \u201cSomeday it\u2019ll be okay,\u201d which is comforting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Things Are” is the focus track, an indie anthem reminding us how to get by in life. Sometimes things just don’t go our way, but not sweating what we can’t change. The line \u201cThings are what they are no matter how you feel\u201d a lament to the unchangeable nature of life and the relationships within them. An acceptance of the hard truths despite the hope that it won\u2019t be true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a song about accepting things as they are instead wishing circumstances were different. Written during the pandemic when life was rather chaotic, the upbeat melody offers a glimpse of hope.<\/p>Peter Bogolub<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPain in my Heart\u201d with its squishy beat as if hitting a cartoon frog stretched into a banjo. Echoey vocals are a heavy feature on this album but they really shine on this track. The lines \u201cThere\u2019s a pain in my heart \/ Why are we so far apart\u201d painting the picture of when you make a promise with someone and find it is no longer being kept and you\u2019re alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOutta Control\u201d has the vibe of the opening track to a lighthearted coming of age movie that will inevitably take a turn and have a sad ending or the two best friends will fall in love after much trial and error. \u201cMaking bad choices too many times\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGaslight\u201d a slow track in tribute to society\u2019s general growing awareness to the toxic trait of gaslighting. With the lyrics \u201cthat\u2019s not really an apology,\u201d there\u2019s a realness. Very reminiscent of mooseblood, joyce manor. \u201cRun To You\u201d is very instrumental heavy where the vocals seem to be more of a background element to the song. Gives the same vibes as an underwater town being explored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDrawn To You,\u201d with the acoustic guitar being the star of the track and johnny cash style, is about being drawn to someone without control. Whether for better or for worse the attraction is there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot Yet\u201d feels like the end credits to a comedy show. Which is ironic considering the line \u201cYou ain\u2019t catch me yet.\u201d \u201cCounty Fair\u201d, if \u201cNot Yet\u201d felt like the end \u201cCounty Fair\u201d is the after credits scene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall the album delivered on what Pete set out to do, which is to tell the stories of relationships and their messy ends in a way that is pleasing to the ears. Stream<\/a> Fake Face <\/em>on your chosen platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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