San Francisco-based band Scary Little Friends to bring in new year with addictive “Silent Revolution” EP.

Bay area trio’s brisk take on power pop arrives Jan. 29^th via Randm Records. Hear “In This Lifetime” now. 

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Scary Little Friends (L-R): Charlie Knote, Chris Jones, Jon Payne. Photo Credit: Scary Little Friends.

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See Scary Little Friends live!

San Francisco!  Be sure to show up early to the – SOLD OUT – Boy & Bear show at Brick & Mortar tomorrow, Nov. 18^th to see Scary Little Friends live!  DJ Aaron Axelsen opens at 9PM.

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Check out the premiere of “In This Lifetime” by Scary Little Friends via BLURT or listen at the links below!

[STREAM]: http://soundcloud.com/randmrecords/scary-little-friends-in-this-lifetime

[MP3]: https://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/scarylittlefriends/mp3/scarylittlefriends-inthislifetime.mp3

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“A musical powerhouse.” – The Bay Bridged

“There’s nothing random about their aggressive yet tuneful brand of power pop.” – BLURT

At just seven songs, the instant sing-along qualities of the upcoming “Silent Revolution” EP (Jan. 29^th, Randm Records) by San Francisco-based trio Scary Little Friends fills the “leaves you wanting more” edict perfectly.  The record’s lyrics, addressing alienation with less of a generic, transient fist-in-the-air, and more of an impression-leaving palm-to-the-forehead, make the band one to watch in 2016.

“The internet is the modern battlefield. It is inevitable that that world comes crashing down upon us,” says the group’s leader Chris Jones of the record’s concept. “Perhaps there is hope in the aftermath. Perhaps we will be born anew into a world without technology.”

It’s this idea that takes the “Silent Revolution” EP away from simple contemplation and complaining about the way things are and into the timeless quality of a record about the way things could be. This is best heard on the single “In This Lifetime,” which Jones refers to as his “revolution song.” Hear it now via BLURT.

“You’re young, you’re crazy, but you’re not alone,” Jones reminds us when discussing the tune, and in the song itself when he sings, “There’s a season when we reach for higher ground, shatter the lies we believe in. In this lifetime, we all lose our minds, and sometimes love is all we’re searching for.”

The “Silent Revolution” EP by Scary Little Friends arrives on January 29^th, 2016 from Randm Records.  Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Scary Little Friends

“Silent Revolution” EP

(Randm Records)

Jan. 29^th, 2016

  

Track Listing:

01. Everything At Once

02. Silent Revolution

03. Renegade Lover

04. Unstoppable

05. In This Lifetime (STREAM | MP3)

06. Made Up My Mind

07. Rabbit Hole

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Scary Little Friends Links

ASSETS : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : INSTAGRAM : TUMBLR : RANDM RECORDS

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion

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the black watch un-retires, sets release date of Dec. 4th for “Highs & Lows” album, 13th of its 27-year history.

Los Angeles-based pop band’s latest single is likely first ever to reference Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde by name.

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the black watch (L-R): Tyson Cornell, Chris Rackard, John Andrew Fredrick, Rick Woodard.  Photo Credit: Steve Keros.

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Check out the premiere of “Pershing/Harvard Square” by the black watch via PopMatters or at the links below!

[STREAM]: https://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/the-black-watch-pershing-harvard-square

[MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/theblackwatch-hal/mp3/theblackwatch-pershing-harvardsquare.mp3

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“Should’ve become a household name a long time ago.” – USA Today

“L.A. has not produced a band as capable of both My Bloody Valentine miasma and Nick Drake quietness.” — Andy Gill, Gang of Four

John Andrew Fredrick, a prolific songwriter and author – he has published three comic-literary novels and is about to release a book on the early films of Wes Anderson –  announced that his long-time, critically revered band (referred to as “a national treasure” by LA Weekly), the black watch would tick no more following the release of the band’s Sugarplum Fairy, Sugarplum Fairy album in early 2015.

As it turns out, this retirement has lasted less than a year.

Set for release on December 4^th, Highs & Lows is the band’s 13^th release in 27 years and is one of its best. An early review from the venerable magazine The Big Takeover calls the album “high art,” and notes that Fredrick “plies the refined, crafted spaces of post-Velvets pop like Go-Betweens/Orange Juice/Smiths/c86.”

Produced by Rob Campanella of Brian Jonestown Massacre, the first single from Highs & Lows is “Pershing/Harvard Square,” which Frederick believes to be the first song to ever mention Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde by name.

“I jotted down the whole thing early one morning after coffee,” he says.” I often think about the sort of person you meet in Los Angeles who, as the line in the song goes, thinks they’re Chrissie Hynde or something just because they ‘say strange things’ to people, at parties or wherever.”

Highs & Lows, the latest album from the black watch, arrives on December 4^th, 2015 via Pop Culture Press Records.  John Andrew Fredrick is available for interviews.  Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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the black watch

Highs & Lows

(Pop Culture Press Records)

Dec. 4^th, 2015

  

Track Listing:

01. Beautiful Sleeper (VIDEO)

02. Quondam Redhead

03. Pershing/Harvard Square (STREAM | MP3)

04. There’s No Fucking Way

05. A Sort of An Overture

06. Love’s Fever Dreams

07. She’s A Mess

08. If Upon A Time That Never Happened

09. He Must Needs Go That The Devil Drives

10. Eleanor’s Not Hiding

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the black watch Links

ASSETS : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : YOUTUBE : POP CULTURE PRESS RECORDS

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion

WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : YOUTUBE : INSTAGRAM : TUMBLR : SOUNDCLOUD : SPOTIFY : LAST.FM : BLOG : E-MAIL