Broncho performs in the Soundcheck studio.

BRONCHO: Indie Pop Hooks You Can't Stop Singing

Soundcheck | Feb 16, 2015

Some songs you love because they communicate deep thoughts or powerful emotions. And sometimes you just want a ridiculously catchy hook. BRONCHO is certainly capable of the former, but in the case of its song "Class Historian,"  it wouldn’t matter if the band was singing about filing taxes, we’d still be bouncing in our seats with that infectious melody stuck in our heads all day.

While the Oklahoma band has been banging out classic fuzzed-out sounds for awhile, the band got a spike of attention when the HBO series Girls used the song "It's On." That song, along with "Class Historian," ended up on BRONCHO's 2014 album, Just Enough Hip To Be Woman, which draws on garage pop and glam rock in exciting ways. 

Watch BRONCHO perform in the Soundcheck studio. We apologize in advance if you've still got that tune in your brain the rest of the week.

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