With sportscar, Carter Reeves Schultz—frontman of L.A.-by-way-Boston indie/alt-pop outfit Surfer Girl and formerly one-half of Aer—steps confidently into a new electronic chapter. Where Surfer Girl leans into beach-pop shimmer and Aer built its following through rap-pop hybrid energy, sportscar pushes Schultz into sleek, dance-floor territory, exploring the pulse and propulsion of modern house music.
His new single “ONETWOTHREE” (via Ineffable Records) arrives as the project’s first original statement following sportscar’s debut, “Rush Hour (sportscar remix),” a reimagining of a fan-favorite Surfer Girl track featuring Bryce Vine. That remix offered an early look at Schultz’s instinct for tempo and space—how to shift a laid-back jam into a club-ready bounce without losing its melodic center.
“ONETWOTHREE,” however, is the moment the project steps fully into its lane. Built on crisp percussive patterns and an instantly hooky vocal chop, the track channels classic house motifs through a contemporary indie-electronic lens. Schultz keeps the arrangement tight and kinetic: elastic bass lines, clean chord stabs, and the kind of rhythmic phrasing meant to be felt before it’s analyzed. The new song isn’t a side idea or experiment; it sounds like the foundation of a fully realized electronic identity. Schultz approaches house music with a songwriter’s melodic sensibility and a producer’s infrastructure, striking a balance that makes sportscar feel accessible without being derivative.
If the project’s trajectory mirrors the leap between “Rush Hour (sportscar remix)” and this new single, sportscar could become one of Ineffable Records’ most intriguing avenues into the electronic space—dance-driven but still rooted in the sunlit, melodic DNA that listeners know from Schultz’s prior work.
