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Say Hi To Your Mom
Eric Elbogen is a geek's geek. He records hundreds of songs under the Say Hi To Your Mom moniker in his bedroom in Brooklyn, New York and Say Hi To Your Mom's albums are chock full of sweet, sad-puppy-eyed love songs about girls who make "pop music from the future" and play video games. "Let's talk about spaceships, instead of you and me, okay?" he sighs about the girl he can't bring himself to make a move on. This is idiosyncratic, minimalist pop from the gawky little brother of your best friend back in high school, the little guy who shyly mumbles about tractor beams and decoder rings.
It's entirely charming indie pop with just a touch of emo and a slight electronic bent thanks to a ton of background synths and Moogs, which seems perfectly natural for someone singing about geekery and awkwardness in all its many forms. But the music is far from cold, instead creating a warm, comforting, subtle background to Elbogen's barely there vocals. It may take a bit of teasing to get him out of his shell, but Say Hi To Your Mom is completely worth the effort.
Say Hi To Your Mom - Super
Say Hi To Your Mom - Pop Music of the Future
Say Hi To Your Mom - Let's Talk About Spaceships
Official Say Hi To Your Mom site. Buy Numbers and Mumbles from Euphobia Records, iTunes Music Store, Amazon.
Posted by Queen of the Front Row at 03.09.05 at 4:50 PM
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