Genre: Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Year: 2010
Location: Long Beach, CA
Label: Sub Pop
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01. Truth Sets In
02. What’s In It For?
03. Coaxed
04. Five Little Sluts
05. Jessica
06. Summer Cum
07. One Last
08. Can’t I Know?
09. Remember Last Time
10. Where’s Your Dirty Mind?
In the midst of a few strange events, I was able to meet the members of Avi Buffalo in a semi-flooded cavern underneath Radio Radio in Indianapolis. It would only make sense that they would tour with Japandroids, as they were a bunch of really young and nice kids. We talked about the hardships of being under 21, and then moved to discuss their upcoming debut on Seattle giant Sub Pop, which they all seemed hugely excited about. I ended up not being able to see them, thanks to being 20 years old, but I did hear really good things from my friend who did see them. Their debut, Avi Buffalo, is a meet-and-greet as singer/songwriter/frontman Avigdor Zahner-Isenberg describes it. These youngsters, barely out of high school, play ahead of their age and create warm and charming indie pop reminiscent of rootsters Band of Horses. Opening track, “Truth Sets In”, welcomes you with open arms, leading right into their sunny hit song, “What’s In It For?”. The album ends with the beautiful ballad, “Where’s Your Dirty Mind”, capping off one of the best pop debuts this year. This will be out April 27th, and you can preorder it from Sub Pop and get a CDR with four non-album tracks!
