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Vundabar is a Boston-based trio that delivers jangly, fuzzed-out math-and surf-tinged indie rock shot through with plenty of post-punk spirit.

Formed in 2013 by vocalist/guitarist Brandon Hagen and drummer Drew McDonald while still in high school, the duo eventually recruited bassist Zack Abramo and began playing locally. Sporting a melody-rich blend of knotty folk and loud-soft-loud indie rock à la Beantown luminaries Pixies, Vundabar issued their debut album, Antics, in late 2013. They adopted a grittier tone on 2015's Gawk, which added grungy post-punk to the mix. The cathartic and dense Smell Smoke arrived in 2018, delivering an earworm-heavy set that was both bracing and sincere, and in 2020 the trio released the tight and succinct Either Light, which saw them working with a producer, Patrick Hyland (Mitski), for the first time. In 2021, online snippets of fans singing along to the group's 2015 single "Alien Blues" flooded social media, which garnered millions of streams for the seven-year-old cut. Devil for the Fire, Vundabar's wide-ranging fifth studio effort, appeared the following year.

Monthly Listeners

3.1 million

Followers

608,063

Total Streams

1.1 billion

Top Cities

31,992 listeners
29,087 listeners
29,678 listeners
30,561 listeners
23,878 listeners

Popular Tracks

101 tracks
1
Alien Blues

Alien Blues

Jul 24, 2015

817.2 million

streams

2
Oulala

Oulala

Jul 24, 2015

32.3 million

streams

3
Smile Boyo

Smile Boyo

Jul 24, 2015

21.9 million

streams

4
Ash In The Sun

Ash In The Sun

Jul 24, 2015

21.4 million

streams

5
Chop

Chop

Jul 24, 2015

20.7 million

streams

6
Holy Toledo

Holy Toledo

Apr 24, 2013

20.4 million

streams

7
Holy Toledo

Holy Toledo

Nov 10, 2014

20.4 million

streams

8
Darla

Darla

Jul 24, 2015

17.5 million

streams

9
Worn / Wander

Worn / Wander

Jul 24, 2015

14.5 million

streams

10
Cotton Kid

Cotton Kid

Jul 24, 2015

6.1 million

streams