fuvk - “Spaced Out”

SXSW 2024 - OEB Score: 7; Popularity Index: 2

Pairs Well With…Julien Baker, The Moldy Peaches, Courtney Barnett

As we head into 2024, Austin artist fuvk is in the middle of a transition from a minimal, bedroom-folk artist to an indie popster judging from most recent singles “sos” and “spaced out”. It’s the right move, broadening their naturally introspective tone into realms of rock and power pop. It’s still a mid-tempo, softly delivered sound, but one that steps fuvk’s whole sound forward in a way that is downright catchy. There’s scant info online from fuvk this past year, but “sos” and “spaced out” do share the same album artwork, so hopefully this new sound is spread across a new EP or full-length sometime this year. (Kevin McStravick)

2023 Review: Goodnight, moon is the latest collection from prolific artist fuvk, a record that continues the Austin artist’s string of impactful and introspective songwriting. Even with just an acoustic guitar melody often providing the backing for fuvk’s wistful vocals, there’s real weight in her songwriting and performance that make these songs stand out from common coffeehouse fare. Her lyrics are both personal and interesting to a stranger’s ear, observational poetry under a contemporary lens. While often sad and slow, fuvk has a knack for steering her music away from boredom by forging dynamic moments in natural, subtle ways.