Playing Tourist Forever

PLAYING TOURIST FOREVER is a three-piece Nintendo-fueled punk band from Lancaster, California. Formally known as POCKET FOX BATTLE MUSIC, the trio is equipped with a retro Game Boy DMG-01 modified to produce waves of 8-bit synths that coalesce with noisy live instrumentation to form nautical, wishy-washy, rock-n-roll jams. The band has currently released an album and an EP to date, titled "STRAWBERRY" and "SALTWATER" respectively. "... ‘SALTWATER’ is an EP with an edgy, agitated soul placed in the midst of a genre that is typically considered upbeat and cheery, reminiscent of sunny days spent on the shoreline. As you listen to POCKET FOX here, however, you come to realize the sun has set, and the anxiety of lost love and loneliness has taken hold. In a way, surf rock has been used in the same way chipmusic has here, outside of its normative habits. Meshing these two forms together, our protagonist has created a new structure that cannot be easily seen without investigating closely. This is innovation." — Nonfinite, Chiptunes=Win! ♡♡♡