I don’t listen to much “pop” music these days. You could say I haven’t listened to much pop music since I was thirteen. But that again, that can get a bit debatable because just like any genre, the boundaries get blurry real quick. In our struggle to put understandable descriptions on an ever changing spectrum of blended music, we end up using various hyphenated forms of “pop” to label all kinds of sub-genres as well, some of which I do frequent in. Where’s the line between pure “pop” and indie-pop, or pop-punk, or electro-pop, or dance-pop?
That all said, I wasn’t thinking about genre labels when I walked into Polaris Hall and heard this unfamiliar opening act from LA called Night Talks. Instead, I was just instantly hooked on the infectious melodies and the blazing charisma of lead singer, Soraya Sebghati. Part of it may be the 80’s influence hitting my nostalgia triggers, but it’s still incredibly catchy song writing. I’ll call it indie-pop, you can call it whatever you like, but either way it’s just fun music I don’t want to put away.
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