It’s been a minute since we had an ampersand band sass up our playlists, and even longer since we had our very first lobotomy at Claire’s (oh, how we miss shopping malls). Both things return to the here and now with an indie-pop fervor through “Lobbytommy,” the playfully buoyant new single from Isabella&Sebastian that’s the final appetizer for the whimsical Memphis duo’s debut album, Is Anybody Listening?, out this Friday (July 25). “‘Lobbytommy’ is about combating self-sabotage,” says 20-year-old Isabella DeFir, joined in the group by 13-year-old Sebastian Stephens. “It’s so easy to get in your head and convince yourself you’re not deserving of the things you want, but it’s good to approach and question why you feel that way and to remind yourself how hard you worked to get where you are.” Together, they add: “Regarding the title, Isabella made a joke about getting a lobotomy at Claire’s. Sebastian told her that when he was a kid, he thought it was pronounced ‘lobby Tommy,’ and we thought it was so funny that we made it the title of the song.”
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