{"id":29061,"date":"2025-11-30T02:16:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T02:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=29061"},"modified":"2025-11-30T09:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T09:41:08","slug":"laptop-indie-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2025\/11\/30\/laptop-indie-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Laptop &#8211; Indie Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laptop, the cult New York City group founded by Jesse Hartman, is back with another chapter in their cinematic synthpop resurrection. Hartman says, &#8220;This is a love letter to the ghosts of the &#8217;90s and their obsession with the ghosts of the late &#8217;70s.&#8221; All the lovely folks who never quite went the distance. This includes me. It&#8217;s about idol worship and growing out of it.&#8221; He sings with sweet, self-aware devotion: &#8220;I&#8217;ll dive across a table for you, my indie hero, I&#8217;m feeling so unstable for you, my indie hero.&#8221; These phrases express the song&#8217;s inner basis: adulation combined with insecurity, the excitement and confusion of putting someone on a pedestal while understanding that the idolization will not continue forever. The lyrics seem fun on the surface, but have a sad core that acknowledges the fragile nature of heroes, scenes, and moments. The tune begins with futuristic, distorted voices and a funky beat, which \u00a0creates a warm, funk-influenced dance atmosphere. Smooth female back\u00a0vocals enhance the mood, bringing tenderness and classic cinematic beauty. While Britpop-style guitars appear all over, the production focuses on the beat, and the strong, addictive groove drives the song and surrounds its lyrical nostalgia. At 2:38, the guitar takes on a greater position, providing an opposition to the soft funk. This moment of roughness mirrors the lyrical concept of outgrowing one&#8217;s idols, a burst of rawness in an otherwise glossy setting, before the guitar fades back into its supportive, beat-driven position. &#8220;Indie Hero&#8221; relies on its combination of dance-floor groove, nostalgic pop energy, and creative, deeply personal lyrics. It&#8217;s a tribute and an apology, a song that travels across memory while challenging it. Hartman and longtime musical partner Luke Wood co-wrote the tune years ago. Charlie Hartman and\u00a0Lulu Hartman also contributed vocals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Laptop - Indie Hero (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x9M9HfZ4LmE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laptop photo by Thomas Krause<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laptoptheband.com\/\">http:\/\/www.laptoptheband.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/laptoptheband\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/laptoptheband<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/laptoptheband.bandcamp.com\/\">http:\/\/laptoptheband.bandcamp.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laptop, the cult New York City group founded by Jesse Hartman, is back with another&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[2248,703,4725],"class_list":["post-29061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-rock-reviews","category-reviews","tag-brit-pop","tag-funk","tag-laptop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29061"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29078,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29061\/revisions\/29078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}