The Convenience – Like Cartoon Vampires
Release Date: April 18, 2025
Origin: New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre: Indie, indie pop, indie rock
Like Cartoon Vampires is a vibrant, genre-blurring album from New Orleans duo The Convenience, a dazzling mix of infectious melodies, glossy textures, and introspective lyricism. Written, performed, and recorded entirely by Nick Corson and Duncan Troast, the album captures the duo’s unique balance of technical craft and playful creativity—like pop music made in a dream and filtered through VHS static.
Band Members & Credits
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Nick Corson – Songwriting, performance, recording
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Duncan Troast – Songwriting, performance, recording
Together, they build an immersive, colorful world that feels both nostalgic and futuristic—equal parts earnest and surreal. Their chemistry is at the core of this album’s magic, with each track shaped by shimmering harmonies, precise musicianship, and a shared love of sonic adventure.
Sound & Aesthetic
Like Cartoon Vampires is packed with infectious hooks, synth-laced grooves, and dreamy guitar lines that evoke the golden age of indie pop while embracing a modern, genre-fluid sensibility. The sound is upbeat but layered, often juxtaposing light melodies with darker lyrical undertones. It plays with contrast—between the cartoonish and the emotional, the glossy and the raw.
The production is clean yet full of quirks: bursts of retro-futuristic synths, tight drum patterns, and shimmering effects give the songs a playful edge. It’s an album that invites movement, but also introspection—a danceable, thoughtful blend of the cerebral and the celebratory.
Themes & Mood
Lyrically, Like Cartoon Vampires explores identity, longing, digital intimacy, and the surreal quality of modern life. The album lives in the emotional gray zone between real and imagined, where sincerity and irony overlap, and where fantasy often mirrors truth. The tone is emotionally vulnerable, but always delivered with a wink—a knowing nod to the strange contradictions of being alive right now.
There’s a dreamy escapism to the record, but it’s not about running away—it’s about building new realities through sound, color, and imagination.
Critical Response
Like Cartoon Vampires has been praised for its bold creative vision, polished production, and irresistible energy. Critics have called it a standout release in the indie landscape—an album that’s unafraid to be playful, deeply felt, and sonically adventurous all at once. It’s a world of its own, and it invites you to stay a while.
Listen on Youtube (full album)
