Cold Court’s debut EP is an infectious, glitchy genre mashup

Cold Court, a Philadelphia brother-sister duo, debut with Hands Up, a chaotic EP that pulls from hyperpop, dance punk, pop punk, and emo. The review says the band recalls acts like 100 Gecs but brings a more earnest, self-serious tone to its genre collisions.

The EP reflects a broader shift where young indie artists treat genre hybridity as a baseline rather than a novelty. Cold Court’s mix of glitchy production and rock influences suggests hyperpop’s ideas are continuing to spread into adjacent alternative scenes.