“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 with 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.
In November 2022, the band released their debut LP, Love Interest, to rave reviews and rotation on KEXP. Heralded as “one of the finest indie pop albums of the year”[1] and “a joyous slice of indie pop that takes heavy artillery to any lingering grey clouds,”[2] their music evokes “that feeling of being suddenly knocked out of one's heart.”[3]
Model Shop’s sophomore album, Check the Forecast, released worldwide on November 10, 2023.
[1] One Chord to Another - A Finnish Pop Site, December 13, 2022;
[2] Ticketmaster Discover, UK, November 25, 2022;
[3] Polaroid—A Blog on the Radio, September 22, 2022.
WHAT WE SOUND LIKE
WHERE WE’RE HEADED
Sat, June 8 | Barboza, Seattle
with Jupe Jupe, KRANE
WHERE WE’VE BEEN
Booking inquiries:
modelshopband@gmail.com
PR and distribution:
meritorio@meritoriorec.com
“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