Raise your hand if you do not like Clairo’s 2019 “Sofia”?
Nobody is raising their hand. That’s because it’s a great song! It’s just so infectious!
It is so infectious and somehow familiar I just had to google around the internet and see if anyone felt they heard it somewhere before (sometimes people do this and they find this very site 🙂 ). I seemed to have landed on a reddit thread. It is here I discovered Manchester Orchestra’s “The Mistake” (2017). I can’t say I’ve ever heard this song but I’m now a fan. That melody.. it’s pretty close…
But wait, there’s more! A lot of people have compared “Sofia” to the sounds of The Strokes. The production and melodic style is definitely there. Someone on reddit pointed out The Stokes “I’ll Try Anything Once” (cool video! check it out!) (which is actually a demo version of “You Only Live Once” (2005)). This demo version contains a melodic line not found in the album version and…. it’s pretty close!
There’s even this Albert Hammond Jr. song “Set to Attack” (2018) that’s also pretty similar.
And finally, there’s even a clip posted in 2022 on Youtube of The Strokes playing “Sofia” and we have come full circle.
Have a happy new year!
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update: Jan 1, 2024
Looks like Clairo recorded a cover of “I’ll Try Anything Once”. Posted 2020
