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“Their blend of post-grunge fuzz, DIY ethics and literary weirdness hits like a battered paperback in a mosh pit” – The Indie Grid
“Excellent” – John Kennedy / Radio X
Following on from their debut single Pencil Chewer, East Yorkshire’s brand-new indie rock band Strange Pink now come with their second offering Boys Club – an altogether darker feel to their debut, that channels the band’s thoughts and feelings about entitlement and self-serving power.
As with their previous release, Boys Club was recorded at Young Thugs studio, York (Avalanche Party, Life, Low Hummer) with the help of producer Nick ‘The Muscle’ Russell (Bedsit, The Black Ravines, ROTHCO) and mastered by Ed Woods (Idlewild, The Who).
Musically inspired by 90s Californian punk-rockers L7 and their Butch Vig production, Boys Club merges US grunge guitars with UK lyrical empathy to great effect, resulting in a hybrid that reflects the mood of dissatisfaction out there at the moment.
Sam Forrest from the band says of the release “I was listening to various SubPop type bands at the time & getting into Butch Vig’s production sound. That led to me coming up with the guitar part which the band picked up on & then our bass player Eddie came up with the outro idea. Lyrically, it was around the time Boris Johnson was PM in the UK, so it’s largely about entitlement and self-serving power”.
(press release, artwork & images included in MP3 download)
