Robin Schorr
- Producer
- Actress
- Music Department
A native Los Angelino, Blond in Car singer Robin Schorr had a serious career as a producer
in film/tv until she unexpectedly and totally fell in love with songwriting and started over from
scratch. In May of 2020, after starting in the rigorous world of country music songwriting,
Schorr felt the urge to make more personal music, and took up the moniker Blond in Car.
Today, Blond in Car songs have over 1.5MM streams.
The gauzy soft-psych indie pop of Blond in Car is infused with that particular combination of
romanticism and melancholy that permeates her hometown. Built around immediate, undeniably
infectious hooks, the music of Blond in Car (the credit Schorr had on her one non-speaking
movie role) combines a dreamy, innocent femininity with a sharp eye for detail, luscious
harmonies, and chunky beats. No wonder that prestigious Under the Radar magazine describes
Robin's music as "instantly memorable. A wistful pop delight!."
Following the May 2022 release of the Different Dream EP, Schorr continued work with producer
Gabe Lehner (Emancipator, Clozee) - aka 9 Theory. "Working with an inspiring producer is
one of the funnest things about creating music" explains Schorr. "The better you know your
collaborator, the more you can dig into their special talents. And the more they can hunt for
sounds and vibes are going to make me excited. I think that growing familiarity makes me
bolder with him and I'm crazy about the new songs."
Written in the self-described "happy place" that is Schorr's little home studio and recorded in
Lehner's studio filled with "beautiful synths and Moogs and all the groovy guitars and toys",
What Anyone Would Do is a snapshot of her reality, both emotionally and musically. "I'm mad
about the Wet Leg record" explains Schorr, "so I hear a little of that infatuation in the first single,
"Second Before." But on a deep level, I think it's a very hard time in the world right now. So, I
felt an almost moral responsibility to write songs of kindness. It's all I can do. Particularly, in
writing the song, "Everything You Never Had", I wrote the kindest, most empathetic lyrics I could
possibly think of. I just don't think it's the time for mean songs."
Musically, What Anyone Would Do was crafted with a focus on distilling the most beautiful
chords and melodies into an engaging, uplifting indie-pop cocktail. "I hope people who hear the
songs feel that they stumbled onto some modern version of a Carpenters record mixed with the
divine Beach House" laughs Schorr. She will no doubt get her wish, and the record telegraphs
the almost miraculous joy she found while creating it. Effervescent art-pop, infused with sea
breeze and sparkle, What Anyone Would Do is a concentrated dose of wistful euphoria - right
when we all most need it.