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underscores

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Bay Area hyperpop auteur — glitchy, hooky, scene-defining, 'Wallsocket' worldbuilding included, internet-native songwriting at its sharpest.

underscores is the project of April Harper Grey, a producer and songwriter associated with the wave of internet-native pop that emerged in the late 2010s. The music combines distorted, glitch-heavy production with conventional pop and rock songwriting, drawing on breakbeats, pop-punk guitars and heavily processed vocals in roughly equal measure.

The 2023 album Wallsocket is built around a set of characters in a fictional Michigan town, and pushed the project further toward guitar-driven arrangements without abandoning the digital clutter of earlier work. underscores has toured as a live act with a band and continues to release music that sits between hyperpop, indie rock and electronic production.

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