Pocket 808 - War Paint

You know the story of Superman, right? Alien child is sent to earth and when exposed to our galaxy’s sun is imbued with super-human powers. That old classic. Well, thinking about it, that fable is similar to Pocket 808.

Sure, that’s a lofty comparison but hear us out. Like ‘Supes himself, Pocket 808 (the brainchild of producers Sameer Sengupta and his partner in crime Ken Cloud) have emerged in the blink of an eye, crash-landing on the Australian music landscape with their otherworldly debut album, Proximo.

Indeed, there’s something unique about Pocket 808’s LP; with its fiercely individual ethos Proximo stands apart from the scene, touching, but never resting on a slew of genres. With its hybrid of steel-plated beats and interstellar synths, the album isn’t a club record, or hipster electro or even straight up synth pop, it’s different to everything else. It’s super. It’s Proximo.

With Proximo’s release waiting just around the corner Pocket 808 have made their intentions clear. They have arrived and they will have you hooked faster than a speeding bullet. See, that wasn’t such a stretch now was it?