US Tour Dates
1/12 - Larsen Student Union (Messiah College) - Grantham, PA *
1/13 - Brillobox - Pittsburgh, PA *
1/14 - The Basement - Columbus, OH *
1/15 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL * # % SOLD OUT
1/17 - The Drake Hotel - Toronto, ON *
1/18 - Casa Del Popolo - Montreal, QC *
1/19 - The Monkey House - Winooski, VT &
1/20 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY ^
1/22 - Glasslands Gallery - Brooklyn, NY ^
1/26 - Billiken Club - St. Louis, MO
1/27 - Gardner Lounge (Grinnell College) - Grinnell, IA
1/28 - High Noon Saloon - Madison, WI @
1/29 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL @
1/31 - Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH @ !
2/1 - The Blind Pig - Ann Arbor, MI @
2/3 - Paradise - Boston, MA @
2/5 - Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA @
2/7 - Rock and Roll Hotel - Washington, DC @
2/8 - Jefferson Theater - Charlottesville, VA @
2/9 - Grey Eagle - Asheville, NC @
2/10 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC @
2/11 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA @
2/12 - Mercy Lounge - Nashville, TN @
2/14 - The Bottletree - Birmingham, AL @
2/15 - Thirsty Hippo - Hattiesburg, MS @
2/17 - Fitzgerald's - Houston, TX @
2/18 - Emo's - Austin, TX @
2/19 - The Loft - Dallas, TX @
2/21 - Sticky Fingerz Chicken Shack - Little Rock, AR @
2/22 - The Opolis - Norman, OK @
2/23 - Mojo's - Columbia, MO @
2/24 - The Waiting Room - Omaha, NE @
2/25 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN @
2/26 - The House Cafe - Dekalb, IL
* Cloud Nothings
# Handsome Furs
% Jaill
& Distractions
^ The Vaccines
@ Tapes N' Tapes
! Film Strip
New York Times
“The live band is not only able to do his songs justice, but they add an even higher intensity than the recorded versions”
“With fingernails cracked from a style of guitar that blends reckless strumming and occasional taps for frenetic effect with no guitar pick in sight, young Brad Oberhofer and his band were beat up from nine shows through the week, though you could only tell if you caught them off stage. On it, their jagged, simple, earworm indie rock either impressed (Pianos) or riveted (Public Assembly) the crowds I was in, with a voice like Avey Tare if he was young and rambunctious and paired with overdriven guitars muddled with minimal effects. The songs are all downhill rush, simple enough to get lodged in your psyche but peripherally nuanced to keep your ear.”
“Oberhofer’s songs are pattern-happy, and its two guitarists fan out: strumming high and low in syncopation, picking staggered single notes for Minimalistic interweave, switching between 4/4 and waltz, unveiling the clockwork within their songs while the music hurtles along anyway.
Brad Oberhofer, transplanted from Tacoma, Wash., to Brooklyn, sings about longings and breakups with self-aware amusement, sometimes yelping toward falsetto, but there’s no second-guessing or self-consciousness about the band’s passion for pop-song structure, both concise and expanded.”
Brooklyn Vegan
“Each song is laced with manic drums, quirky melody and sharp, angular guitar riffs that give way to pensive moments of xylophone, keys and samples. There’s sing-along “oohs” and “whoa’s,” and choral hooks like that on “Landline” that will never cease being stuck in your head.”
"...Oberhofer definitely have something. While there is plenty of every home recording enthusiast's best friends, reverb and distortion, Oberhofer is not Wavves-style scuzz." BrooklynVegan
"Oberhofer combines the delicately layered shouts of Animal Collective, the drugged-out guitarwork of Real Estate, and the thrashy percussions of The Dodos" Flavorpill
"...specialises in deliriously catchy, lo-fi guitar pop the somehow manages to mix youthful exuberance, that slacker 'yeah, like, whatever' attitude with a weirdly accelerated neurosis" Dazed And Confused
"Despite the kaleidoscopic whirl, there's an emphasis on straightforward lyrics; it's almost as if he's a 19-year-old kid who started writing music as a competitive freestyle rapper in the fifth grade, recently moved to New York after his family home in Tacoma burned down, and has songs bursting to get out of him." L Magazine: 8 NYC Bands You Need To Hear
"Oberhofer make engaging indie rock à la Surfer Blood; they are spastic—with yelping screams and screeches reminiscent of bird calls (or Ezra Koenig), accompanied by loud, clashing drums and guitars, and softer instruments like toy piano and glockenspiel." Beyond Race Magazine
| When your songs are too big to be contained: form a band. Maybe call it after your family name because you like the way it sounds (sh*t, if it worked for Bon Jovi then who’s to argue). Record those songs in the basement of your parents house in Tacoma. When that burns down, shake it off and move to New York. Find a new band to play with, start working on a symphony (no really, do it), mix your newfound formal training with the noisy exuberance of youth. Get raucous. |
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