Super Snõõper

Super Snõõper is the first full-length studio album by American punk rock band Snõõper. The album has received positive reviews from critics and was promoted by single releases^[4][1] and a tour.^[5]

Super Snõõper
Cover to the digital and vinyl editions; the cassette tape features a distorted, colorful photo of the band
Studio album by Snõõper
Released	July 14, 2023 (2023-07-14)
Studio	The Bomb Shelter, Nashville, Tennessee, United States[1]
Genre	Egg punk[2][3]
Length	22:51
Language	English
Label	Third Man
Producer	Erik Hart
Snõõper chronology
LIVE AT EXIT/IN 11-23-22 (2023) Super Snõõper (2023)

Reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Mark Deming writing that "this band covers an impressive amount of ground in a short space" on this album, which is "highly promising and a lot of good, noisy fun".^[2] Eve Boothroyd of Clash Music rated Super Snõõper an 8 out of 10, stating that "there is so much energy and joy in the tracks, they are so playfully constructed and imbued with non-pretentious humour, that it feels like a refreshing diversion from the production heavy and sometimes overly serious albums of the modern day".^[6] Editors of Stereogum chose this as Album of the Week, with critic Emma Madden writing that songs "explode like a nailbomb and travel at a breakneck speed while retaining the precision of a Formula 1 driver" and praises the band's ability to mix genres including "garage rock, surf rock, alien synths, drum ‘n’ bass, field recordings, and samples lifted from a bodybuilding competition, the band's ecstatic musical chops and nonsensical changes are like picking up a fuzzy snake, then a shiny purple ball, then a box of magnets, then a choo-choo train, and discarding them within seconds".^[7] Madison Bloom of Pitchfork reviewed "Pod" prior to the album release, calling the track "like a pep rally hijacked by cheerleaders" with "cramped, frantic, and a little bratty" energy.^[4] Reviewing the full album for Pitchfork, Nina Corcoran scored it a 7.3 out of 10 and praised its "goofy, revved-up glory."^[3]

Editors at Pitchfork included this in their list of the 37 best rock albums of 2023.^[8] This was included in the 40 best independent albums of 2023 in BrooklynVegan's Indie Basement.^[9]

Track listing

1. "Stretching" – 1:08
2. "Bed Bugs" – 0:34
3. "Pod" – 1:41
4. "Fitness" – 1:55
5. "Powerball" – 1:03
6. "Xerox" – 1:09
7. "Fruit Fly" – 0:55
8. "Inventory" – 0:49
9. "Defect" – 1:38
10. "Town Topic" – 1:33
11. "Music for Spies" – 1:33
12. "Microbe" – 1:59
13. "Unable" – 1:32
14. "Running" – 5:22

Personnel

Snõõper

• Connor Cummins – guitar, whistle
• Jacob Corenflos – bass guitar
• Cam Sarrett – drums
• Happy Haugen – guitar
• Blair Tramel – vocals, electronics

Additional personnel

• Erik Hart – mixing, production
• Monica Murray – photography
• Bill Skibbe – mastering
• Ian Teeple – back cover and insert art
• Jack Tellmann – recording

See also

• 2023 in American music
• List of 2023 albums