Nashvilleâs Snooper donât so much play songs as launch them; fast, frazzled and barely tethered to the ground. Originally a two-person home recording project between guitarist Connor Cummins and vocalist/visual artist Blair Tramel, the band has quickly outgrown its DIY origins, touring globally with the same scrappy intensity they had at local warehouse shows.
Their 2023 debut âSuper SnÔÔperâ offered a stitched-together rush of live favourites: frantic punk, stop-motion visuals, and lyrics that bounced between bed bugs and fitness regimes.
But with their follow-up âWorldwideâ (out 3 Oct), the band are treating this as their true debut: a more deliberate record born out of late-night writing sessions, a newly-acquired drum machine and a surprise studio stint with producer John Congleton (St Vincent).
The title track, released today alongside a video, sets the tone. âWorldwideâ is still noisy and wired, but this time the chaos is channelled. Thereâs a sharper ear for rhythm, a bolder use of repetition and Tramelâs vocals cut through like a panic spiral turned mantra.
âPush pull / Side to side / This way / That way / Canât decideâ, she chants, capturing the whiplash of their fast rise - a feeling, apparently, inspired by watching hydraulic press videos.
Itâs a song about pressure, but not about cracking. Snooper use the squeeze as a prompt for reinvention, wrapping their egg-punk energy around something tighter and stranger. If âSuper SnÔÔperâ was the sound of a band bursting out the door, âWorldwideâ is them hitting the road at full speed.
đ§ Watch the video for âWorldwideâ below