Eerie Glue are a quartet from Copenhagen, led by Bünyamin Eroğlu, who make dreamy, summery lo-fi pop songs. Their latest album, Bedroom Buzz, was recently co-released by South Carolina label Plastic Response Records and Los Angeles’ Danger Collective Records and contains a collection of lo-fi pop songs perfect for lazy July evenings.
Opener ‘I’m Sorry’ is an indisputable summer jam, full of a sunshiney swagger and effortlessly cool vocals. ‘Girl Of My Dreams’ adds a splash of shoegaze sweetness, with muffled lo-fi drums and aching, pining lyrics about a girl who doesn’t exist. ‘Pipe Dream’ decelerates into a slice of sluggish and slothful pop, while ‘I Don’t See It That Way’ sounds like it’s being played in your neighbour’s basement. ‘You and Me’ shimmers with effects as Eroğlu’s downbeat-but-dreamy vocals snake through the haze. My favourite track is ‘Go’, all strummed acoustic guitars, unhurried percussion and a very languid, surfy electric guitar in the background. It gathers pace in the last third, culminating in a joyous, carefree refrain of:
“I think I’ll go my own way
to the other side
where the grass is green
and the sun will shine
forever”
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‘I’m So Needy’ has a laidback tropical vibe, shuffling drums and slacker “oh oh” harmonies, and closer ‘Alphabetical Disorder’ is an alphabet song that isn’t aimed not for the usual target audience of such tunes, a lo-fi rock song with lines such as, “G is for Genocide, H is for hate, I is for idolizing people who are fake”.
You can buy Bedroom Buzz right now via Plastic Response Records or Danger Collective Records. It’s available as a download or on a fancy cassette tape (see below). Green tapes are from Danger Collective, blue from Plastic Response. Your choice.
