Screensaver balance frenetic energy with unsettling tonalities to create rhythmic gloom that rides the new wave to the synth-punk. Spending three years in an incubatory state, the band began as a trans Pacific collaboration between Christopher Stephenson (Spray Paint/Exek) and Krystal Maynard (Bad Vision/ex Polo) in 2016.
In 2021 the band delivered their 10-track debut album Expressions of Interest on Upset the Rhythm (UK) and Heavy Machinery (AU) to positive international response. The sound of the album ranges from electronic driven krautrock, to post-punk full of tribal toms and dirge-y synths to death-disco style tracks with touches of EDM. The record received praise on Maximum Rock ‘n’ Roll (USA), KEXP(USA), Post Trash(USA), Blunt Magazine(AU), Clash (UK). Off the back of the release, screensaver embarked on a 12-date tour of the USA in September 2022, playing Gonerfest 19 and making their way across the Midwest, South and East Coast, their high energy shows resulting in merch sold out well before the tour ended.
Joined by beach goths KINO MOTEL, hot off their debut album release and extensive European touring, the band are a Melbourne via Berlin 3-piece who push the dynamic range to extremes in both directions. Control and beauty and darkness featuring Ed Fraser (Cash Savage & The Last Drinks) and Rosa Mercedes (Josephine Foster Band).