WL//WH Track Of The Day SCOREBOARD
Up-and-coming Oslo-based shoegazers Scoreboard, with only a couple of well-received singles under their belt, have made a name for themselves all over the European and overseas live circuits with extensive tours on the continent, especially in the UK, and several festival appearances.
Active since around 2024, the Norwegian outfit, made up of Astrid Garmo (Pumpegris, Future Nostalgia) on vocals and guitar, Emil Askelien Gustafsson (FOAMMM) on guitar, and Mikkel Syvertsen (FOAMMM) on drums, recently joined by Christian Franzén (Selmer, Overcity, Franzen, Cardrivers) on bass, deliver a ‘sharp and shiny shoegaze rolled in tar and feather’, according to their label, drawing comparisons to DIIV, The Megaphonic Thrift, and They Are Gutting a Body of Water.
The quartet have teased their forthcoming 10-track debut album, “Combat lvl 3,” scheduled for January 12, 2027, via the local independent imprint FysiskFormat, with their third single, “uzumaki.”
Scoreboard show a sharpened craftsmanship for droney, jagged, scratchy shoegaze with the right dose of high-register noise and catchy melody, reminiscent of the lingering yet understated legacy of Blue Smiley and the saturated brilliance of the Swirlies.
“Uzumaki” explores, lyric-wise, the confusion of thinking you were right about something, only to find out you were wrong.
Plodding drums stomp up and down along with a rolling, sonorous, plump bassline, abrasively smeared by an erratic tangle of craggy, spiky, echo-drenched guitar rambling, amid obsessive, wistful plinky arpeggios and hazy bursts of distorted, loud riffs, while long, drawn-out female vocals settle deep in their emotive intensity, alternating gloomy dreaminess with bitter angst and falling cries, hanging frustrated on a moody roller coaster ride.
Scoreboard‘s forthcoming 10-track debut album, “Combat lvl 3,” will be released on Ltd. vinyl 12,” on January 12, 2027, via FysiskFormat.
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