Family Video

“Family Video’s blend of pop-punk, synthwave and indie rock is as polished as it is boisterous” - CLTure


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


The Charlotte, NC-based seven 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 LP 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 soon enlisted David Frick (synths), Garrett Ballard (lead guitar), Ben Fortenberry (rhythm guitar), Gabe Avant (drums), Brian Bethea (saxophone) and Eli Wendkos (bass) 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 as the band moves through a set of songs from their current and soon-to-be-released albums, and the occasional rendition of a new wave classic.


The band’s next EP, Colors, also produced by Danny Kalb, will be released later in 2024.