“The band, featuring former members of Math & Physics Club, has crafted an album of indie pop bliss that plays off the strengths built in the forge of those critical darlings...The album opener [Lucky] sets the tone, letting light jangles open into heart-on-sleeve pop hooks that pour out of the speakers in warm and inviting waves...”
Model Shop is …
Combining sparkling melodies, iridescent harmonies, and breezy, wistful guitars, Model Shop’s tightly crafted pop songs frame modern stories of love and longing through a nostalgic lens, like the lost soundtrack to a John Hughes Movie.
Model Shop was formed in 2019 by longtime friends and bandmates Kevin Emerson and Ethan Jones, who played together in indie pop darlings Math and Physics Club. Over the years, they had crossed paths with bassist Jen Fox, and bonded over their love of melodic, effervescent pop music.
The band tracked their debut LP, Love Interest, mostly in their separate rooms during the pandemic, before coming together to finish vocals and mix with Martin Feveyear in the fall of 2021.The album was released on Meritorio Records on November 25, 2022 to rave reviews, and has been in rotation at KEXP.
WHAT WE SOUND LIKE
Booking inquiries:
modelshopband@gmail.com
PR and distribution:
meritorio@meritoriorec.com
Model Shop live at the Sunset in Seattle, December 3, 2022.
WHERE WE’VE BEEN LATELY
WED 05.03.23 Sunset Tavern (Seattle)
FRI 02.17.23 Conor Byrne (Seattle)
THU 01.12.23 Barboza (Seattle)
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“If choruses were currency, they’d be the richest three people in the Pacific Northwest...Model Shop don’t complicate matters across these ten songs...The chords are big, the hooks are sharp, the production’s warm and rounded – every element seems geared towards the most pleasant listening experience possible. God knows what makes a hit these days, but it seems criminal if it’s not this.”
Photo by Shannon Carpenter
Photo by Shannon Carpenter
Photo by Shannon Carpenter