Supercar Essentials
Playlist - 25 Songs
Supercar's music—whether under a layer of guitar-generated feedback or squiggly synthesizer—camouflages a core of sweetness. Emerging from Japan's Aomori Prefecture in the late ‘90s, the quartet caught attention with a shoegaze sound inspired by English bands Ride and My Bloody Valentine. Interlocking boy-girl harmonies over the band's fuzzy rock add notes of longing to songs such as “Lucky.” In the early ‘00s, Supercar introduced more electronic elements such as synth and four-on-the-floor beats, with songs like “Strobolights” forgoing guitars entirely but retaining their emotional punch.