US / THEM: Gus Baldwin & The Sketch share single "(She's Gone) Arigato" from forthcoming full length, play Levitation 2024 this weekend

“Noisy, fuzzy punk with a distinct pop sensibility… Full of energy and anger while also managing to be a lot of fun.” — New Noise Magazine

“Just goes to show you can still be catchy as hell while playing really fucking loud... I'm not entirely sure there's a single that can capture the live energy the drips from the stage when Gus Baldwin & The Sketch are up there, but this brand new single is pretty damn close.” — Austin Town Hall

"Kick ass to bombastic levels." -- Cosmic Clash

Austin power punks Gus Baldwin & The Sketch share the first single today from their forthcoming full length debut album The Sketch. Hear & share "(She's Gone) Arigato" via New Noise HERE. (Or, direct on DSPs and Bandcamp.)

About the song, Baldwin says:

"It's a song about our hometown going through its confusing adolescent phase as it tries to reinvent itself from a bohemian Mecca into a confused technological wasteland. For the younger generation of artists here, I think we’re scared of losing something we never got the chance to earn. So we’re starting over, and turning a fresh page."

Watch/share the official video for previous standalone single "Relief" via YouTube.

Gus Baldwin & The Sketch play Austin's fabled Levitation 2024 festival this Saturday at Mohawk Austin. West Coast tour dates for late Fall 2024 will be announced on November 4th. Please see current dates below.

Gus Baldwin is a singer/songwriter/ex-hippie/part-time punk hailing from Austin, TX.

After a stint holding down drums for Dallas surf punk legends Sealion in high school, Baldwin

went on to form the Psych Pop combo Acid Carousel, which he led for 6 years and 20

something releases before departing the band on Halloween night 2021.

Since leaving Carousel, Gus has made a name for himself as a solo artist in Austin, constantly performing as a singer/songwriter, one man garage band, or with his band The Sketch. Quickly releasing a string of titles on his own GetWithIt! Records imprint, including the EPs THRILLER II, and Live Bugs, as well as a slew of singles, Gus established himself firmly as the godson of Texas rock'n’ roll. Splitting his time as a frequent collaborator with The Black Angels, Baldwin also works with the likes of Christian Bland & The Revelators as well as The UFO Club with Night Beats frontman, Danny Lee Blackwell.

The Sketch is the full length debut of Gus' partnership with The Sketch. The album was recorded in one day at Studio 22 in Los Angeles by engineer Joey Oaxaca (White Reaper, Starcrawler).

The Sketch will be available on LP, cassette and digital on January 31, 2025. Pre-orders are available HERE.

GUS BALDWIN & THE SKETCH LIVE 2024:

11/02 Austin, TX - Mohawk Austin - Levitation 2024 (w/ Destroy Boys, Die Spitz, Teen Mortgage)

West Coast Tour Nov. 22 - December 14th (dates/tickets announced 11/04)