NORMANS (ex-FEELS, Prissy Whip) share "Murder Rich" video via CvltNation from forthcoming Solid Brass debut

“Ironically uplifting… This song is fast garage punk with a classic rock punch, and it’s addictively upbeat and danceably dire at the same time.” — CvltNation

Southern California noise-punk band NORMANS share the official video for "Murder Rich" today from their forthcoming debut self-titled album, to be released in January '24 on Solid Brass Records. Watch/share HERE or via YouTube. 

Hear & share the song and "Bending the Branch" on all DSPs HERE. 

In 2021, in the lingering haze of the global pandemic and several nautical miles off the coast of Los Angeles in a broken down boat, Southern California natives and stalwarts of the local DIY music scene Matthew Reid (Blonde Summer) and Michael Perry Rudes (FEELS) decided it was time to embark on a new musical odyssey together; one that championed fearlessness, rawness, and above all, freedom. 

NORMANS was born on the dirty streets of L.A. and baptized in the punk rich waters of Hermosa Beach; the city that gave us Black Flag, Redd Kross, Minutemen and more. Years of exposure and participation in the myriad of genres and sounds that make up the vibrant music scene resulted in a multi-genre-bending, bass and synth fueled cacophony that pays homage to the ghosts of Killing Joke, The Jesus Lizard, GVSB and The Birthday Party. 

NORMANS have managed to stitch together elements of surf, post punk, noise rock and Wax Trax era electro-industrial music for a sound that is urgent, angry, and simultaneously danceable. Oozing with satire and shrouded in bizarre visual art and imagery, bassist and vocalist Matthew Reid explores issues of violence, drug use, and the terrified animal caged within us all. Where their musical journey takes them will keep us wondering. What is certain is the band’s willingness to propel themselves into uncharted waters, unlike the boat they started on just a few short years ago.

NORMANS will be available on LP and digital on January 12th, 2024 via Solid Brass Records. Pre-orders are available for North America HERE, UK/EU orders HERE.

NORMANS LIVE:

12/06 Los Angeles, CA - Knucklehead

01/11/24 Los Angeles, CA - Permanent Records Roadhouse

Artist: NORMANS

Album: NORMANS

Label: Solid Brass Records

Release Date: January 12, 2024

A1: John Hockey

A2: Shut Up I'm Shopping

A3: Murder Rich

A4: Anti Crusoe

A5: Firepower

B1: Dead Snakes

B2: Healing An Eyesore

B3: Schloss Loss

B4: Bending The Branch

B5: Fury On The Island

On The Web:

solidbrassrecords.com

instagram.com/solidbrassrecs

linktr.ee/thisisnormans

 

90s Seattle band STYMIE share title track from album previously unreleased for nearly 30 years, Toil & Folly

"With 'Toil & Folly,' STYMiE injected more than necessary energy and complexity into the post-grunge/punk rock sound, something that most bands lacked during the nineties. While most bands relied upon mid to half-time, nearly psychedelic, hard rock-inspired songs, STYMiE nurtured quite an characteristic sound that sounds fresh and unique even today, three decades after the group recorded their unreleased material." -- Thoughts Words Action

Seattle, WA early 90s band Stymie share the title track today from their previously unreleased (for nearly 30 years) debut full length Toil & Folly via Thoughts Words Action. Hear and share "Toil & Folly" HERE (Direct Bandcamp.)

New Noise Magazine recently launched lead single "Arbor Day" HERE and on all DSPs HERE. 

Does anyone really need a primer on the Seattle scene at this point? Once-sleepy backwater, best known as the birthplace of Hendrix and Heart, goes supernova in the early ‘90s, dethroning the King of Pop and giving a handful of longhairs the chance to seriously upgrade the thread count on their flannel outerwear. But for every Nirvana, every Pearl Jam, every Soundgarden and Alice in Chains — hell, for every Tad and Supersuckers — there were countless scene staples that didn’t hit the gold-rush jackpot.

Enter Stymie. This heavy, hook-minded sextet (sometimes comprising three guitars and one bass, sometimes two guitars and two basses) was ubiquitous on bills from ’92-’94. And they were one of the only acts — likely the only one — at home sharing stages with bands as sonically wide-ranging as Buffalo Tom, Sleep, Everclear, Gruntruck, Flop, Treepeople and even the Spaceman himself, Ace Frehley. 

Stymie’s own diverse musical influences — Black Sabbath, Black Flag and Black Francis are all reasonable reference points — allowed them to slot into a variety of bills but made them hard for label suitors to pigeonhole. There were flirtations, but no one put a ring on it, with the band self-releasing a handful of singles and showing up on the occasional compilation, including C/Z’s Teriyaki Asthma Volume IX. Stymie’s brief three-year run ended in late ’94 without acrimony or messy interventions, leaving behind a solid resume and a cache of unreleased material.

Toil & Folly

Now, nearly 30 years after the band’s conscious uncoupling, those tunes are ready to have the basement dust blown off them. The 13 tracks on Toil & Folly were drawn from five sessions and represent the many ways the band could bring the heavy. Largely recorded and mixed by noted Seattle producer Phil Ek (Built to Spill, Truly, Big Business), Toil & Folly is an unearthed gem for flannel-flying Seattle Sound obsessives always digging through crates (or Spotify) for that band they never heard of but can’t wait to tell everyone they discovered.

Toil & Folly will be available on limited edition LP and download on December 15th, 2023 via New Rage Records. Pre-orders are available HERE. 

Discography 

• V/A Things That Are Heavy compilation 7" (New Rage) 1992

• V/A Choice Bovine Cuts compilation CD (Choice Bovine Cuts) 1992

• Grocery Bag 7" 3-song EP (New Rage) 1993

• Stymie/Lab Rat split 7" (New Rage/Apraxia) 1993

• Stymie/Control Freak split 7" (New Rage/Cavity Search) 1994

• V/A Teriyaki Asthma IX compilation 7" (C/Z) 1994

• Debut Posthumous 7" (New Rage) 1995

Patrick Barber: bass, vocals • Shane Bastian: vocals • James Halada: drums

Jeff Kleinsmith: guitar, vocals • Brian Taylor: bass, guitar • Adem Tepedelen: guitar

Artist: Stymie

Album: Toil & Folly

Record Label: New Rage Records

Release Date: December 15, 2023

01. Creepy Boss

02. Arbor Day

03. Faulty Design

04. France

05. One Proud Stout

06. Sour Apples

07. Punch & Judy

08. True Thrill

09. Willy’s Gone

10. Squalor

11. Toil & Folly

12. Girl

13. Frogs

On The Web:

instagram.com/stymie_band

stymie-band.bandcamp.com

newragerecords.bandcamp.com

discogs.com/label/150910-New-Rage-Records

NORMANS (ex-FEELS, Prissy Whip) share "Murder Rich" video from forthcoming Solid Brass debut

“Ironically uplifting… This song is fast garage punk with a classic rock punch, and it’s addictively upbeat and danceably dire at the same time.” — CvltNation

Southern California noise-punk band NORMANS share the official video for "Murder Rich" today from their forthcoming debut self-titled album, to be released in January '24 on Solid Brass Records. Watch/share HERE or via YouTube. 

Hear & share the song and "Bending the Branch" on all DSPs HERE. 

In 2021, in the lingering haze of the global pandemic and several nautical miles off the coast of Los Angeles in a broken down boat, Southern California natives and stalwarts of the local DIY music scene Matthew Reid (Blonde Summer) and Michael Perry Rudes (FEELS) decided it was time to embark on a new musical odyssey together; one that championed fearlessness, rawness, and above all, freedom. 

NORMANS was born on the dirty streets of L.A. and baptized in the punk rich waters of Hermosa Beach; the city that gave us Black Flag, Redd Kross, Minutemen and more. Years of exposure and participation in the myriad of genres and sounds that make up the vibrant music scene resulted in a multi-genre-bending, bass and synth fueled cacophony that pays homage to the ghosts of Killing Joke, The Jesus Lizard, GVSB and The Birthday Party. 

NORMANS have managed to stitch together elements of surf, post punk, noise rock and Wax Trax era electro-industrial music for a sound that is urgent, angry, and simultaneously danceable. Oozing with satire and shrouded in bizarre visual art and imagery, bassist and vocalist Matthew Reid explores issues of violence, drug use, and the terrified animal caged within us all. Where their musical journey takes them will keep us wondering. What is certain is the band’s willingness to propel themselves into uncharted waters, unlike the boat they started on just a few short years ago.

NORMANS will be available on LP and digital on January 12th, 2024 via Solid Brass Records. Pre-orders are available for North America HERE, UK/EU orders HERE.

NORMANS LIVE:

12/06 Los Angeles, CA - Knucklehead

01/11/24 Los Angeles, CA - Permanent Records Roadhouse

Artist: NORMANS

Album: NORMANS

Label: Solid Brass Records

Release Date: January 12, 2024

A1: John Hockey

A2: Shut Up I'm Shopping

A3: Murder Rich

A4: Anti Crusoe

A5: Firepower

B1: Dead Snakes

B2: Healing An Eyesore

B3: Schloss Loss

B4: Bending The Branch

B5: Fury On The Island

On The Web:

solidbrassrecords.com

instagram.com/solidbrassrecs

linktr.ee/thisisnormans