12" EP - $15.30 / CD - $7.00
STREET DATE: 9/4/26
CAT#: SDR-166
LABEL: Sunday Drive
16 Underground formed in early 2022 out of a spirit of experimentation. The four Los Angeles-based musicians, whose musical backgrounds vary (but, notably, veer into hardcore/punk territory), wanted to push their creative limits by delving into sounds and textures that weren’t accessible through their previous projects—a new sonic palette inspired more by vintage trip-hop, ambient music, and electronic pop than the guitar-based modes they cut their teeth on.
“Without a Trace”, due out August 14 via Sunday Drive Records, was produced in collaboration with Max Epstein (Photographic Memory, Car Underwater). The band’s sophomore effort leans into a sound that still resonates in today’s dreampop landscape while also reflecting the retro radio influences to which the group pays homage. Synths swirl in stereo while lo-fi trip-hop backbeats churn. Keyboards gesture at times towards loungey jazz; guitars towards emo and shoegaze. Subsonic bass frequencies throb; digital artifacts and samples blip and whisper. Amidst it all, the ethereal, melodic vocals lull the listener into a state of bittersweet bliss.
TRACK LISTING:
01. Glimpse of You
02. Angel (On the Run)
03. Fate
04. Without a Trace
05. Mystify
MARKETING POINTS:
- Produced by Max Epstein (Car Underwater, Photographic Memory)
FOR FANS OF:
Massive Attack, Portishead, Sneakerpimp