Norway's The Megaphonic Thrift releasing 'Sun Stare Sound' in U.S. (listen to "Interlopers")

Norwegian shoegazers The Megaphonic Thrift are finally releasing their 2015 album, Sun Stare Sound, in the U.S., out this week (4/7) via Old Flame. (It’s been a while.) It’s easily the poppiest record the band have made, and that bit of sunshine works well with their hazy sound. (It won a 2015 Spellman Award, which is basically a Norwegian Grammy.) A great example is the cheery “Interlopers” which comes near the start of the record. “We wanted to make a song that sounded kind of happy and playful,” the band told us. “It might feel like that musically, but the lyrics reveals a darker and kind of trippy side to it, like hanging up side down in a ride in an amusement park. Scared and happy at the same time.” Check out “Interlopers” and another track from the album, below.