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Artist
Harry Teardrop
12+ albums
indie popalternative rockalt popUSA
about
Like a flower blooming out of cracks in the pavement, twenty one year-old Harry Teardrop is a rising star. From his bedroom in New York City, Teardrop's self-produced spin on rock music marries dirty guitar riffs with dance & rap-inspired drums and sticky hooks, crafting a whole band on his laptop. His musical influences range from bands like Blur, The Strokes, and Blink-182 to jazz icons like Bill Evans, Nat King Cole, and Billie Holiday. "I'm a city kid at heart," Harry states. "Trash cans clanking on the sidewalk, cars honking, strangers' conversations, they all influence my sound." Since releasing his first song, "Chinatown" in 2018, Teardrop's sound has constantly evolved. In 2019, he released his first EP, 1000 Backyard Pools, 'a five-song collection of youthful, exuberant guitar rock' which earned him looks from The FADER and Apple Music's New Music Friday. His most recent release in 2020, a grittier double-sided single titled, '$2 Bill', got picked up again by The FADER as well as Lyrical Lemonade, NPR, and KEXP. As a frontrunner in the NYC underground, he's already creating something special with the limited resources he has, all while staying entirely independent. Working alongside photographer/director and older brother, Drake Li, he's carved out a distinct visual identity that reads like a supercut of past iconic musical movements and scenes. Visual trends forged by New York hip-hop, CBGB hardcore, socal pop-punk, and 90's britpop are all recontextualized into a
