Spookey Ruben-led AAA Battery assembles Chicago, San
Francisco-based friends for “Year of The Woman” debut LP.
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(L-R): Joe Maydak, Spookey Ruben, Fred Jeske.
Photo credit: Maj Smith.
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“Jenna” is
the latest single and video from the debut AAA Battery album Year of The Woman
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See the premiere
of the “Jenna” video exclusively via Pure
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See AAA
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AAA Battery is the new pop group comprised of Joe Maydak on bass, Fred Jeske on guitar and drums, and
Canadian pop hero Spookey Ruben on
vocals. All have middle names that begin with the letter “A.” Following up the album’s first single “Tea Time” (recently premiered via My Old Kentucky Blog),
AAA Battery now presents the single
and video for “Jenna” which recently
premiered via Canada’s largest music paper Exclaim!
and Pure
Volume respectively.
“Jenna” asks the question “Is social adaptability essential in
this day and age?” According to Jeske,
“This woman has made a decision to change herself for the sake of the realm,
trying to change to fit in, but sacrificing herself on the way. She eventually
discovers that the prize is not worth the fight! The consumption of this
‘poison tea’ represents the absorption of the human network’s failures and
flaws. All she should have done the entire time was to be herself.”
The song was also recently featured via Magnet
Magazine and the Fred
Perry Subculture website.
About the video, Jeske
adds, “I have always thought of Hitchcock’s
‘Vertigo’ brought into a
Retro-Future-Pop format by way of ‘Jenna,’
and I dig the translation of that that we were able to achieve.” An astute AAA Battery fan’s recent online
comments seem to indicate the same: “Anyone can do retro. These guys spend just
enough time honoring the past to lay the foundation for their futuristic sound.”
With its members located throughout North America, AAA Battery’s addictive power pop could
only have formed by chance. Maydak
and Jeske had been playing together
for years and were already fans of Canadian musician and experimental
filmmaker, Spookey Ruben when they
asked if him to guest of one of their tracks.
Ruben, known for his
underground classic album Modes of Transportation Vol. 1 (TVT Records) and his more recent
collaborations with everyone from Esthero
to Ariel Pink, was happy to oblige and
ultimately went on to join the band and appear on the entire album.
Year of The Woman by AAA Battery
is out now. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.
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AAA Battery
Year
of The Woman
(Rescord Records – Out Now)
Track Listing:
01. Annee De La Femme
03. Ten Steps Back
05. Hole
06. Velvet Pants
07. Battleford
08. Verbalize Your Head
09. S.P.A.C.E.
10. Robots in the Sun
11. Calling Out
12. And Then
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AAA Battery Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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