Hypoluxo

Hypoluxo, a Brooklyn-based group, blends observant post-punk songwriting with ringing surf guitars and warm indie pop textures. After relocating from Florida during the mid-2010s, the band began issuing recordings in 2016 and issued a pair of crafty albums on the Midwestern indie label Broken Circles before unveiling their self-titled third album in 2020.

Longtime friends and high-school bandmates, Floridians Samuel Cogen on vocals and guitar alongside Marco Ocampo on drums headed north to New York in 2014, where they formally launched Hypoluxo—taking the name from a street in their hometown—alongside bassist Eric Jaso and guitarist John Archuleta. Early efforts such as the 2016 album If Language and the 2017 EP Taste Buds, fronted by Cogen’s rumbling baritone, frequently invited comparisons to Brooklyn predecessors the National. Cameron Riordon stepped in on guitar for Archuleta ahead of the second album, shifting emphasis toward a dreamier atmosphere on 2018’s Running on a Fence. Each subsequent release lifted the band’s profile further, securing additional critical praise and expanding their audience. The group’s self-titled third album arrived in November 2020.