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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
With their first two singles Pencil Chewer and Boys Club stirring interest in Hull’s latest indie rock band Strange Pink, the band now come of age with the release of their debut EP Out Of Focus – a six-track body of work that channels their commitment to the alt rock and grunge genres both lyrically & sonically, combining thought-provoking themes of introspection and personal relationships with emotive and charismatic guitar based arrangements.
Taken from the EP is the track My Friend and You – written when coming out of lockdown, it paints a picture of some kind of apocalypse that’s shared with someone else, while taking inspiration from Thurston Moore’s guitar work & Kim Gordon’s lyrics. Sam from the band explains “I think the isolation felt during lockdown resulted in the sense of doom present in the lyric. At the time I was listening to Thurston’s Psychic Hearts album, picking up on its energy and it seems those two elements combined to create the track’s sense of frustration”.
As with all tracks on the EP, My Friend and You 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).
(press release, artwork & images included in MP3 download)
