Mobley (Austin, TX) – the one man army producing his own classification of “post-genre pop”
Bio: Cutting vocals in the woods behind his college dorm. Mixing in the backseat of a sedan. Sneaking into the music department after hours to teach himself to play new instruments (and sneaking out before the faculty arrived in the morning). From the start, Mobley’s work has been marked by solitude, ingenuity, and a drive that could only be called obsessive. Whether you experience him on record or at one of his incredible concerts, the passion is palpable in every aspect. He writes, performs, & produces his music, designs his artwork, directs his videos, produces his multimedia live shows, and even builds new instruments to carry out his vision.
Over the past couple years, he’s composed dozens of pieces for stage and television (with placements on HBO, Fox, and NBC), written and produced for other artists (LEV, Riders Against the Storm), played 200+ national tour dates (with the likes of Phantogram, JUNGLE, Mutemath, Robert Delong, & Wavves and at festivals like ACL, SXSW, CMJ, Savannah Stopover and Float Fest), and recorded (then scrapped) two whole albums in pursuit of the songs that would become his forthcoming full-length debut, Fresh Lies. The music — which Mobley calls “post-genre pop” — defies easy classification, drawing liberally (often simultaneously) from an array of musical traditions.
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