pitchfork ran a feature on a band called "universal studios florida"
“Orlando amusement park Universal Studios Florida opened on June 7, 1990. It seems like everyone born after 1980 or so has a strong memory of the place— whether it’s the famed Jaws ride or getting slimed at Nickelodeon Studios. Seattle duo Universal Studios Florida are indirectly trying to take advantage of those bursts of nostalgia with their debut album, Oceans Sunbirds, released over the summer on Little Fury Things. The LP is enveloped in a blissed-out, near-tropical haze of echoing vocals, shimmering guitars, and bright beats— if Animal Collective remixed the theme song to “Double Dare”, it might sound something like this.
Twenty-one year old University of Washington students Jason Baxter and Kyle Hargus bonded in college over their love of Brian Eno, Led Zeppelin, and apocalyptic comic books. In the following interview, the creative writing majors talk about their sudden-even-for-the-Internet discovery story, the game show “Legends of the Hidden Temple”, and why they didn’t call themselves Disney World:”
i never want to hear this band ever
liked this the first time when it was called ‘the black kids’
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