Memphis, TN · alternative

Blvck Hippie

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Memphis indie rock built on jangling, unsettled guitars and openly anxious writing — the sound of a band that never quite fit the scenes around it.

Blvck Hippie is the project of Memphis songwriter Josh Shaw, working in a guitar-driven indie rock idiom that draws on post-punk and 1990s alternative rock. Shaw's writing deals directly with loneliness, mental health and being a Black musician in largely white indie rock spaces, set against bright but jittery guitar figures and abrupt shifts in dynamics. The band's 2021 album If You Feel Alone at Parties drew attention beyond Memphis and established the mix of self-deprecating humour and plain-spoken anxiety that runs through the material.

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