No Scope
As crushed, musicians Bre Morell and Shaun Durkan make maximalist dream pop music for themselves. Recording out of various homes, not fixed to any single location (Morell from Texas, now based in Los Angeles, and Durkan in Portland, Oregon), they write the songs they want to hear, tuning from shared taste (for trip-hop, Britpop, electronica, and the canon of ā90s alt radio), a desire for emotionality, and an instinct for when it sounds right and honest; when it means something real to them. Their full-length debut embodies their trust in one another and in their craft. A āno scopeā kill in the video game lexicon is achieved by shooting a sniper rifle at close range without scoping in on your target, an apt metaphor for two artists following their pop impulses, shooting from the hip with precision. āIt might also mean like having no future,ā jokes Morell, āgetting no-scoped by life.ā The reality of failure looms in most creative pursuits, perhaps more pronounced the further into your field you get. Several musical lives and midnight transmissions have led Morell and Durkan to this project. And on the triumphant no scope, crushed take lifeās best shots with their strongest work, wielding melodic, open-hearted hooks through a maze of breakbeats and spliced sound design with unprecedented immediacy and clarity. Next level, unlocked.
no scope follows extra life, the 2023 EP that saw a groundswell of support, finding early fans in Pitchfork (effortless, widescreen dream pop thatās serene without being sentimentalā), NPR (ā...a group whose music, despite having only an EP out into the world, carries a deep sense of place and timeā), and Ghostly International, who signed the band and gave extra life a wider physical release in 2024 paired with remixes from band favorites Real Lies and DJ Python.
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No Scope
As crushed, musicians Bre Morell and Shaun Durkan make maximalist dream pop music for themselves. Recording out of various homes, not fixed to any single location (Morell from Texas, now based in Los Angeles, and Durkan in Portland, Oregon), they write the songs they want to hear, tuning from shared taste (for trip-hop, Britpop, electronica, and the canon of ā90s alt radio), a desire for emotionality, and an instinct for when it sounds right and honest; when it means something real to them. Their full-length debut embodies their trust in one another and in their craft. A āno scopeā kill in the video game lexicon is achieved by shooting a sniper rifle at close range without scoping in on your target, an apt metaphor for two artists following their pop impulses, shooting from the hip with precision. āIt might also mean like having no future,ā jokes Morell, āgetting no-scoped by life.ā The reality of failure looms in most creative pursuits, perhaps more pronounced the further into your field you get. Several musical lives and midnight transmissions have led Morell and Durkan to this project. And on the triumphant no scope, crushed take lifeās best shots with their strongest work, wielding melodic, open-hearted hooks through a maze of breakbeats and spliced sound design with unprecedented immediacy and clarity. Next level, unlocked.
no scope follows extra life, the 2023 EP that saw a groundswell of support, finding early fans in Pitchfork (effortless, widescreen dream pop thatās serene without being sentimentalā), NPR (ā...a group whose music, despite having only an EP out into the world, carries a deep sense of place and timeā), and Ghostly International, who signed the band and gave extra life a wider physical release in 2024 paired with remixes from band favorites Real Lies and DJ Python.
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As crushed, musicians Bre Morell and Shaun Durkan make maximalist dream pop music for themselves. Recording out of various homes, not fixed to any single location (Morell from Texas, now based in Los Angeles, and Durkan in Portland, Oregon), they write the songs they want to hear, tuning from shared taste (for trip-hop, Britpop, electronica, and the canon of ā90s alt radio), a desire for emotionality, and an instinct for when it sounds right and honest; when it means something real to them. Their full-length debut embodies their trust in one another and in their craft. A āno scopeā kill in the video game lexicon is achieved by shooting a sniper rifle at close range without scoping in on your target, an apt metaphor for two artists following their pop impulses, shooting from the hip with precision. āIt might also mean like having no future,ā jokes Morell, āgetting no-scoped by life.ā The reality of failure looms in most creative pursuits, perhaps more pronounced the further into your field you get. Several musical lives and midnight transmissions have led Morell and Durkan to this project. And on the triumphant no scope, crushed take lifeās best shots with their strongest work, wielding melodic, open-hearted hooks through a maze of breakbeats and spliced sound design with unprecedented immediacy and clarity. Next level, unlocked.
no scope follows extra life, the 2023 EP that saw a groundswell of support, finding early fans in Pitchfork (effortless, widescreen dream pop thatās serene without being sentimentalā), NPR (ā...a group whose music, despite having only an EP out into the world, carries a deep sense of place and timeā), and Ghostly International, who signed the band and gave extra life a wider physical release in 2024 paired with remixes from band favorites Real Lies and DJ Python.
