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Sea Urchin #sadpunk

Posted by Loren on April 14, 2024

Sea Urchin #sadpunk
photo by James Cross

Coining a new winking subgenre they call sad punk, Queens, NY-based band Sea Urchin has released a 10-song album of "Phil Spector Meat Loafs In Matt Strickland’s Tribute To ‘50s Teen Death Songs", out on April 5 via Ba Da Bing Records.

The record was written in a post-breakup funk and covers the familiar territory in tongue-in-cheek spirit pulling from the wide punk spectrum of subgenres. Lead by Matt Strickland, the group also includes album co-producer Katie Von Schleicher, Nick Jost (Baroness), Julian Fader (Ava Luna), and Nate Mendelsohn (Market).

Destroy! Track Listing:

01 New Guy

02 You're Whole

03 Teenage Breakdown

04 The Kids Are All Sad

05 Girls

06 Call Your Girlfriend

07 The Saddest Man 

08 Rock!

09 It’s Raining on Christmas

10 I Beefed it (On My Motorbike)

Sea Urchin #sadpunk
photo by James Cross

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