LA duo, Always You, create a nostalgic indie pop mood with their new single 1994
Los Angeles twins Christoph and Anton Hochheim have never been ones to stay in a single musical lane. As Always You, they’ve moved between hazy laptop pop, romantic synth ballads, and lounge music that sounds best after midnight. Along the way, they’ve played with Beach Fossils, Wild Nothing, MGMT, and Jerry Paper.
Their earlier single “Rio de Janeiro” leaned into sophisticated pop, with Jerry Paper’s Lucas Nathan behind the desk and Kenny Gilmore on mixing duties. Think the melodic finesse of Prefab Sprout and The Blue Nile, filtered through the brothers’ slightly off-kilter sensibility.
Now, the duo return with their new album Against The World (out November 13, via Hit The North Records). The ten-track record moves away from the softer romanticism of 2021’s Bloom Off the Rose and into more visceral territory.
Wild Nothing’s Jack Tatum joined the brothers on production and mixing, helping dismantle and rebuild the songs until the sounds were pushed close to breaking point. Heavy guitars, white noise, and club-inspired rhythms now sit alongside their signature melodic pop.
The album’s first two singles, “Against The World” and “1994,” offer an early taste of this new direction. The melodies are still there, but Always You seem more interested in what happens when things come apart.
“1994,” inparticular leans heavily into the hazy nostoglic side of their sound. Which is just lovely.
