Feeling in the mood for new Bedroom Pop, Aviv & Octavio the Dweeb got you
Think it’s time we need to discuss the bedroom pop fever that is making the rounds on everyone’s playlist. It’s so catchy and warm that you feel like the world isn’t a mess.
So here is one to add to that list. The new breezy single by 15-year-old indie pop prodigy AVIV. AVIV has announced her signing to Photo Finish Records and has dropped a remix of her acclaimed indie hit "Black Coffee" featuring OCTAVIO the Dweeb, who offers a distinct and raw spin on the track. With its glassy synths, simmering guitar, cinematic hum, and candid lyrics, “Black Coffee” is a warm musical embrace. AVIV has garnered acclaim from popular Spotify playlists including "young & free" and "bedroom pop" among others.
In an interview with the Photo Finish Record:
With its glassy synths, simmering guitar, cinematic hum, and candid lyrics, “Black Coffee” represented another evolution. It initially came to life as a guitar and vocal demo by AVIV before producer Rian Lewis [Kiiara, D.R.A.M.] added his touch. The single initially debuted on Spotify’s “New Music Friday” and attracted widespread critical acclaim. Atwood Magazine described it as “a song that acts as an album of memories, a reminder to enjoy the moment and to find a possible way to reconcile,” and Fashionably Early predicted, “This is sure to be a hit.” At the same time, it illuminated her keen melodic instincts and vivid storytelling strained through the hook, “And all of the memories and all of the warnings. Poured it all down in the drain. Yeah, we’re like black coffee. But we could fill it up if we wanna.”
Joined by OCTAVIO the Dweeb, she makes her Photo Finish Records debut with the Official Remix.
“With COVID, a lot of my friendships and my friends’ romantic relationships just came to a full stop,” she observes. “People drifted. When you pour out your cup of black coffee, there are all of these grains in the bottom that stay there. Those grains are all of the things that could’ve been pursued, but the cup was already poured out. That’s the deeper meaning.”
In the end, AVIV preserves feelings you don’t ever want to lose with each and every song. “If my song takes you somewhere emotional, there’s nothing better to me,” she leaves off. “Or, if it makes you answer a question you’ve had about your life, that would be amazing. My songs make me answer my own questions. When I release them, I hope they do the same thing for you.”
OCTAVIO the Dweeb Bio:
The Monterrey, Mexico born and Kentucky-raised creative, OCTAVIO the Dweeb, is a self-starter. As a young man determined to follow his passions, Octavio would stop at nothing to achieve his dreams. After picking up his father's old guitar and teaching himself to play, he started writing his own songs. He then took a job bussing tables during the week to pay for gas money and he would skip school every Thursday to drive down to Nashville from Knoxville to record his tracks.
When Octavio dropped his first single on Soundcloud, things quickly changed for the young act. With early support from Alt Nation on "Someday I'll Be Happy" and his latest single "Slow Drag" receiving attention from notable tastemakers Ones To Watch and PopMatters, features on coveted playlists like Spotify's young & free (1.3M) & Indie Pop (1.5M), Apple Music's Breaking Alternative and New In Alternative, and the recognition by Soundcloud as one of their hottest emerging artists, it is clear that OCTAVIO the Dweeb is on the rise.
