Wyatt Blair - Inspirational Strawberries (2018)

November 30th, 2018 – Los Angeles power-pop artist Wyatt Blair has officially announced the release of his new LP, Inspirational Strawberries, out December 7th. Along with the announcement, Blair shared two new singles, “Gotta Get Away” and “Yesterday,” both of which find Blair indulging his ’60s psych, ’80s pop, ’90s Brit-rock influences in equal measure. Inspriational Strawberries is out next Friday.

Record label founder. Recording wizard. Power pop maestro. Wyatt Blair is a man of many disciplines. Blair began Lolipop Records out of his parents’ Laguna Beach garage in 2010 with a simple goal of recording his friends and sharing their music with the world. When Wyatt moved the label to Los Angeles in 2012, he inadvertently started a rock ‘n’ roll revolution — spawning an army of sweet-toothed teens with an insatiable appetite for the sugary garage pop sounds of Lolipop bands — most of them discovered by Blair himself.

However, even as he assumed his role as the hardest working man in LA’s flourishing garage rock scene, Blair continued to write, record and produce his own music at a prolific rate. His debut full-length, “Banana Cream Dream,” immortalized his love of all things sweet and solidified his place as one of LA’s top tunesmiths. An infectious blend of anthemic power pop, tongue-in-cheek storytelling and hilarious interludes, the record has seen multiple re-pressings on Lolipop, Burger Records and Resurrection Records. Blair toured tirelessly behind “Banana Cream Dream,” supporting bands such as Broncho, Froth and Corners, and playing popular local festivals like Burgerama, Beach Goth and Desert Daze.

So, where does one go after assuming the throne of dessert-themed rock ‘n’ roll? For Blair, a musical chameleon and pop music Renaissance man, there was only one option. Hang up the banana suit and bust out the hairspray.

“Truly stellar.” – Pitchfork

“Ridiculously catchy…equal parts New Order, Bruce Springsteen, and Pat Benatar.” – The FADER

“Gratifyingly power-rocking.” – SPIN

“Catchy ’80s capitalist pop-rock.” – LA Weekly