Leapling Debut The “Solid Gold Pop” of “One Hit Wonder” via The FADER

“Suspended Animation is a full-on guitar-driven power pop record, equally defined by loose immediacy and taut restraint; frayed outbursts and bright, singable melodies adorned with swooning string arrangements” – NPR

Brooklyn’s Leapling are going for power-pop glory on new single “One Hit Wonder,” the third single from the band’s highly anticipated sophomore album, Suspended Animation. Due out June 10th, 2016 via Exploding In Sound Records, the band shared their new song with The FADER who deemed it “solid gold pop”. The site elaborated “The whole record is influenced by old-fashioned power pop like Big Star and The Kinks, and “One Hit Wonder,” premiering today, exemplifies that sound” and yet there’s nothing old-fashioned about what Leapling’s latest. Speaking about the song Leapling mastermind Dan Arnesoffered:

Leapling, the brainchild of Brooklyn-based songwriter Dan Arnes, is back in Suspended Animation, the band’s sophomore full length album. The band’s follow up to last year’sVacant Page finds the collective moving in new directions of pop brilliance. Arnes stripped down the band’s art-pop exploration and found himself immersed in a bright new power-pop sound. The record is layered, nuanced, and full of musical deviation, but the results are coherent and evocative.

Suspended Animation is direct opposition to the band’s previous work, and the Leapling you thought you knew has been forever changed. Pushing themselves into new sonic bliss, the record bursts with swift arrangements and straight-forward yet deeply layered pop songs. Joined by Alejandro Salazar Dyer (drums), the quartet slimmed down to a trio resulting in a new energy and an earnest rawness that comes from a more minimalist approach. Inspired by a wide range of artists from the power-pop of Big Star and The Kinks, the oddball genius of Ween and Jim O’Rourke, and the timelessness of the Motown and Philly soul sound, Leapling have pulled their influences together, with no ideas left unturned. Bold and vibrant, Suspended Animation is an immediate record, eleven eclectic power-pop hits for these fleeting times.

This may be commonly known as a leap year but we prefer to think of it as The Year of The Leapling. Suspended Animation is due out June 10, 2016 on Exploding In Sound Records.

“pairs chunky strumming and distorted arpeggios with Arnes’ softly-sung voice … As the song’s calm rumination briefly gives way to the disquieting heartache buried just underneath the skin, it’s a satisfying jolt.” – NPR

“For Suspended Animation, the band slimmed down to a three-piece and added a new drummer, and the lax nature of Vacant Page has been amped up to more wistful ruminations. “Alabaster Snow,” the record’s first single, serves as an introduction to a more pointed Leapling.” – Stereogum