Superet releases “Cargo Pants”

Superet was formed by Matt Blitzer in 2016. Blitzer’s debut album “How To Work A Room” was produced by Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, MGMT, Tame Impala). Over the years Superet has shared stages across the US with bands like Sparks, Broken Social Scene, IDKHOW and Caroline Rose. After a soul-searching hiatus Blitzer’s forthcoming album is drscribed by the artist as a cinematic, orchestral odyssey about a good relationship going through a bad time. “It’s a bit like a dark rom-com rock musical – but not in an annoying way” says Blitzer. The record features a small chamber orchestra and a rock band influenced by 1960s pop composers and Hollywood golden era musicals – all intentionally juxtaposed alongside a modern exploration of love, partnership, and masculinity. Superet released the single “Was I on Your Mind?” last January. “The song is about being cheated on, and it’s the catalyst for a larger, more nuanced conversation around betrayal on this album. Infidelity is where the conversation starts and ends for many relationships, but in truth there are a lot of ways you can betray the person you’re with. I had to explore that for myself, and it was messy but worth it.” The artist returned recently with the track “Cargo Pants”.
Micheal Mannix wrote on Supret’s latest single “Cargo Pants”:
The mellowed-out “Cargo Pants” feels formed in the depths of Laurel Canyon. It’s acoustic and breezy, harmonic but self-deprecating, and sprinkled all over with Brill Building swoons and peppy one-liners. It can be overkill to trace provenances to Laurel Canyon—an aesthetic that has been firmly mythologized (the 2020 documentary) and referenced repeatedly in a handful of acts (e.g. Dawes, Weyes Blood). “Cargo Pants” breaks away a bit, though, one foot in homage, another in pastiche. Its scat-singy chorus is too pretty on purpose and welcomely recalls Nilsson at his most joyful. Like Laurel Canyon torch-bearer Weyes Blood did with “Everyday,” you can imagine taking this Sunday-strolling song about jeans and infidelity and turning it into a horror film, and its pent-up manic fun would make that jump appropriate.
order “Cargo Pants” HERE
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