Autogramm - Music That Humans Can Play [PINK VINYL] - New LP

The members of Autogramm may be spread across a few cities (Vancouver, Seattle, and Chicago), but their sound remains as cohesive as ever on their third album. For those who might not recall my reviews of the previous two, Autogramm is a clinic in expertly crafted synth pop/rock and the new album continues on that trajectory. The amazing feat here is the ability to generate nostalgia for an era in my youth where songs like this dominated the airwaves without sounding like a nostalgia act. These songs transport me to an alternate reality where popular music in the ’80s continued to take its cues from Cheap Trick and Devo that melded those sticky guitar hooks and riffs with the synthetic future in perfect balance. Not too plastic, but danceable and still rocking. It’s a neat trick. It may not be the reality we got, but at least we have Autogramm to show us what it would have been like. Fifty-year-old Ty is enjoying this as much as pre-teen in 1984 Ty would be, and that makes me happy. –Ty Stranglehold (Razorcake)

Jiffy Marx - vocals, synths, guitars
The Silo - vocals, drums, synths, guitars
CC Voltage - vocals, bass, guitars
Lars Von Seattle - guitars and vocals

All songs AUTOGRAMM
Except *Written by Autogramm and Rich Jones

Produced by Autogramm and Joshua Wells
Recorded by Mariessa McLeod and Joshua Wells at Rain City Recorders
and The Balloon Factory, Vancouver
Mixed by Joshua Wells at The Mango Pit, Chicago
Art + design by Autogramm and Jeffry Lee

 "If you've been hankering after some old school Tubeway army style alt-punk, then get an ear full of this: it’s the Cars driving Numan around listening to some real ‘80s radio before checking out Duncan Reid, it's that catchy." Dom Daley Uber Rock (UK)

The latest longplayer from Autogramm (Vancouver, BC) and their electro-punk power pop featuring Jiffy Marx (Brooklyn’s Hard Drugs and Vancouver’s Blood Meridian), CC Voltage (Berlin’s Dysnea Boys, London’s Loyalties and Vancouver’s Black Halos and Spitfires), and The Silo (Vancouver’s Black Mountain, Lightning Dust, Destroyer), taking their own Canada-rock take on the new wave, pop, punk, and other stuff of the late 1970s and early 1980s from places like Ohio, Detroit, NYC, Seattle, Boston, LA, BC, the UK, complete with nods to their influences and an emphasis on synthesizers, rhythm and power pop.
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"The Vancouver supergroup play new wave inspired rock with pop sensibilities; a little of the Cars, a little Elvis Costello/Nick Lowe, a little Gary Newman."

"This is a super tight band confidently knocking out their songs to form a surprisingly successful hybrid.

"If you've been hankering after some old school Tubeway army style alt-punk, then get an ear full of this: it’s the Cars driving Numan around listening to some real ‘80s radio before checking out Duncan Reid, it's that catchy." Dom Daley Uber Rock Magazine (UK)