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Cults

Cults

Cults began as a NYU dorm-room recording collaboration between guitarists Brian Oblivion and singer Madeline Follin, then they went and posted a three-track demo on Bandcamp and music fans took noticed: "Go Outside" went viral in the indie blogosphere, the Brooklyn-based band became an indie-pop success story, and went to the majors with signing to Columbia Records. Cults' music sounds sweet & light - chiming guitar pop, twinkly glockenspiel and quirky samples- but the lyrics flirt with dark, dystopian fantasies. Sunny yet sinister. Music that may not have sounded so out of place on a '60s R&B radio station. For Cults, reinvigorating '60s-style girl-group pop means embracing both light and darkness: it's about deceptive sweetness and haunting quality that makes their songs linger after you're done listening to them. The band has graced us with three albums: 2011's impeccable self-titled album, 2013's Static, and 2017's Offering. The band started off as black & white project but through the years have upgraded to technicolor... going from a bedroom project by a pair of two film school projects to signing to a major label and releasing three amazing albums and upgrading to a five-piece band for touring... this band is more than a lost relic of a girl group no one has ever heard of. Instead, it's a present-day synth-pop band you haven't heard of. Don't worry, it's not your fault...

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