Snõõper

Playing punk rock that has pop hooks but isn't really pop-punk, Snooper are a band from Nashville whose scrappy, frantic style is fun and approachable while made by people who see no need to buff off their rough edges. Vocalist Blair Tramel mixes a bright singsong delivery with edgy energy that undercuts any sweetness, while the rigid textures of the instrumentalists add a synth pop influence even when the arrangements are dominated by guitars (a sound doubtless reinforced by the fact they sometimes use a drum machine). Early lo-fi EPs like 2020's Music for Spies and 2022's Town Topic captured Snooper's attack in raw, immediate form, and 2023's Super Snooper offered more refined studiocraft without sapping their strength or diluting their personality.