Destroy Us

Georgia Gothic

Lighthouse

Porridge Radio - Back To The Radio

Cactus

NEEDLES In The Camel's Eye

Pre-order now: https://smarturl.it/usedtoyesterday

Smokescreens began as a love letter to the Flying Nun scene of the 1980’s and it’s outlying bands. Chris Rosi and Corey Cunningham had become friends when the pair toured together in their bands Plateaus and Terry Malts in 2011. By 2015 both had moved to Los Angeles where they began the band in earnest with Rosi on guitar and Cunningham on bass. After getting their sea legs playing the bars and bowling alleys of Southern California, the duo recruited engineer/drummer Jon Greene to help them commit their shambolic paeans to kiwi pop onto tape. Recorded in a disused dairy factory and mixed in mono, their self-titled debut came out on Cunningham’s label Parked In Hell in February of 2017 and was reissued by Spain’s Meritorio Records later that summer.

After the passing of Jon Greene, the pair re-grouped with drummer Brice Bradley and bassist Jenny Moffett, a move that enabled Cunningham to switch to lead guitar and keyboards. The group worked tirelessly, nurturing their sound and writing batches of songs with steadfast dedication. They soon decamped to Primitive Ears, a small studio in North Hollywood, where they tracked the 10 songs that make up "Used To Yesterday." After a handful of quicksilver sessions, the group brought the tapes to producer Kyle Mullarky (The Allah-lahs) who created a final mix that really captures the band's rhythmic drive and melodic verve.

"Used To Yesterday" continues Smokescreen’s zeal for New Zealand pop but also incorporates influences from the more melodic side of Messthetics-era DIY pop and expands into classic indie pop territory, a natural fit for the group’s new label Slumberland Records. First single "The Lost Song" perfectly encapsulates where the band is coming from on this new record; literally a lost demo from the group's earliest days, it is here given a NZ-meets-Athens GA arrangement, galloping along at an urgent clip and packed with guitars that strum and jangle in magical unison.

Where Smokescreens really excel is in the quality of their songwriting and the ability to incorporate a disparate set of influences while still forging their own sound and identity. The song "Used To Yesterday" is classic power-pop, riding a chunky three chord riff and leavened by a bright, clanging lead. Elsewhere we find nods to The Velvet Underground ("Fool Me"), The Clean ("Someone New") and SF's beloved The Aislers Set ("Waiting For Summer"). Smokescreens are such skilled writers and keen students of sound that their cover of the über-obscure NZ band Wasp Factory's "Steel Blue Skies" fits in seamlessly. Album closer "Falling Down" could be a lost single from LA's paisley underground and definitely leaves the listener itching to hear where the band goes next.

Used To Yesterday

Smokescreens - Someone New

HANDSHAKES

Stars - Ageless Beauty

I Wasn't Only Thinking About You...

Your Nail And Your Hammer

Drens
Surf punk from Dortmund, Germany, Europe
All info here: www.drens.de
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Produced by Drens & Steffen Israel at Tonbrauerei, Berlin
Recorded by Matthias 'Thies' Neu at Tonbrauerei, Berlin
Mixed by Philipp 'Philsen' Hoppen at Waldstudios, Berlin
Mastered by Robin Schmidt at 24-96 Mastering, Karlsruhe

Booking: julian@kkt.berlin
Management: denis@teamgood.de

Pet Peeves EP

I Can Barely See

From "All The Rest Of My Heads" EP, out September 17 2021🖤
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https://capitol-band.bandcamp.com/album/all-the-rest-of-my-heads

Music Video: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KhE6q_fkwE

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Did you forgive me when I came off boring?
I only wanted not to share so much all at once
Think I was trying to make it something else again
Like a drunk in an alleyway I kept singing to myself about it

All the rest of my heads are on the hunt
For the mind I lost, I tried to throw it out
Are you afraid of heights? I fear I’ll let you down too slowly
Do I convey the sentiment of one hundred poets only

I’ve the great white teeth of an elephant
In the mouth of a bluebird in cement
Spent the last three nights chewing on glass
Never gave my brain a rest
When I cough up the grains of a humble lung
And attempt to engage in another tongue
By saying shit, I’m saying nothing at all
Just saying saying saying saying saying

These sudden surges of extroversion
Do they alarm or do they help things balance out?
Make love in the park while everyone watches
Let’s go bowling wearing only roses on our crotches

We will live in modest homes
And surround ourselves with coloured walls
I’ll depart from my habit of foolish jokes
If you pray for me (I’m only kidding, don’t)
Am I droning on? Am I thinking too much?
God damn, take a breath and shut myself up
I know I need to get it all right
But I just don’t have the energy now

So we’ll decide we’re just staying in tonight
For a treat and a box of cheap red wine
We can play with ourselves and play rah rah
Maybe you could touch me there, oo la la la la
Little bits of me will live in the air
And dissolve into words that scream to be heard
If I’m saying them, I’m saying my mind
So I’ll say it, say it say it say it say it

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Josh Kemp - Vocals/Synth
Robert J. Kemp - Guitar
Wes Lintott - Guitar
Matt Lintott - Drums
Chris McLaughlin - Bass

Lyrics by: Josh Kemp
Produced by: Michael Keire
Recorded & Mixed by: Michael Keire & Cohen Wylie
Mastered by: Sarah Register
Single Art Design by: Robert J. Kemp
Recorded at: Threshold Recording Studio, in November 2020, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

All The Rest Of My Heads

Always Saying Nothing

Your Nail And Your Hammer

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