Family Video

Family Video wants you to dance like the world is ending.

The Charlotte, NC-based six-piece fuses vintage synths, four-on-the-floor drum machine grooves and fuzzed out, angular guitars to craft indie pop songs that conjure up the likes of Echo and the Bunnymen, Depeche Mode, and LCD Soundsystem. Anchored by frontman Josh Shabtai’s manic stage presence and darkly tinged lyrics, the band evokes the decadence and daring of a musical era gone by.

An NYC transplant (formerly of art rockers Controller), Shabtai moved to Charlotte with a batch of songs and a hunger to get them out into the world. He recorded Family Video’s debut album with producer Danny Kalb (Ben Harper/Beck/DREAMERS) at White Star Sound outside Charlottesville, VA. Shades is an 8-song collection that introduces listeners to Family Video’s unique brand of synth-infused pop-punk.

Shabtai enlisted David Frick (synths), Garrett Ballard (lead guitar), Ben Fortenberry (bass), Gabe Avant (drums), and Brian Bethea (sax)to transform Family Video from a bedroom project into an in-person spectacle. Audiences can expect a cinematic, high-energy show with equal opportunities to dance and sing along.

The band was selected by legendary alt-weekly Queen City Nerve as Charlotte, North Carolina’s best band of 2024.