“I am horrified by the rise of what he represents,” says
band’s lyricist Steven Higginbotham. RIYL: Devo, The Cure, democracy.
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The Wheel
Workers (L-R): Kevin Radomski, Steven Higginbotham, Josh Rodriguez, Erin
Rodgers, Craig Wilkins. Photo by Allison McPhail.
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11/11 Houston, TX @ Rice
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11/20 Houston, TX @ Last Concert Cafe
12/16 Houston, TX @ Raven Tower
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“The new
split single from Houston-based band The Wheel Workers may be a pair of songs
aimed straight at Donald Trump and the 2016 election, but musically and
lyrically, it extends far beyond the political heat of the moment.” – The
A.V. Club
Houston-based five-piece band, The Wheel Workers, makes politically conscious pop songs with hooks
in the tradition of the catchiest folk and punk protest songs of Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, The Clash,
and Bad Religion.
The group has previously been nominated as Houston’s “Best
Pop Act” in the yearly Houston Press
Music Awards, with the band’s leader and lyricist, Steven Higginbotham receiving a nomination for himself as “Best
Songwriter.” The Houston Chronicle
called the debut album by The Wheel
Workers “one of the best albums made in Houston” in the year of its
release.
For a politically-minded pop band, the 2016
Presidential election has provided a lot of grist for the mill. As such, The Wheel Workers present the two-song
single “White Lies” / “All My Fault”
as a stinging indictment of the Republican candidate, and the culture that
created him.
“I am horrified by the rise of what he represents,” Higginbotham says. “To me, we are
seeing the rise of a white nationalist movement into the mainstream. He
represents a leap into the darkness of cult of personality politics that is
antithetical to a democratic society. The fact that he stands a chance in this
election is the most disturbing development in American politics in a very long
time.”
As for the new pair of tunes arriving just in time to
vote, Higginbotham explains, “‘White Lies’ addresses the insecurities
and ignorance of the white population that makes them especially vulnerable to
the hateful appeal of the greatest liar in the history of American politics,
and ‘All My Fault’ imagines him in
first-person, as a Joker figure that is disgusted by a world that would take
his vulgar, self-promoting candidacy seriously.”
Of course, while both of these songs express significant
anger and frustration, they’re also catchy as can be, all the better to get the
message across. It’s this combination that has previously earned The Wheel Workers praise, and these new
songs conjure an approximation of what Freedom of Choice-era Devo and Disintegration-era The Cure might sound like if either
wrote overtly political tunes.
In addition to the release of the “White Lies” / “All My Fault”
single, The Wheel Workers are
continuing to write and record the follow-up to the band’s critically acclaimed
2015 album CITIZENS, with an eye on a release in 2017.
Members of The
Wheel Workers are available for interviews. Contact Josh
Bloom at Fanatic for
more information.
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The Wheel Workers Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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