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SURF ROCK IS
DEAD
TO RELEASE WE
HAVE NO FRIENDS? EP ON SEPTEMBER 22
12-INCH COLORED
VINYL INCLUDES DEBUT SRiD EP AS BONUS B-SIDE
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| L-R Kevin Pariso Joel Witenberg; Surf Rock Is Dead Photo: Jacqueline Harriet |
Surf Rock is Dead creates dream pop through a new wave
filter and will release the We Have No
Friends? EP on Sept 22 via The Native Sound. Today, the Brooklyn duo releases "As If",
anethereal psych-pop gem detailing the struggle of trying to distance
yourself from someone you love. We Have No Friends? is
available for pre-order HERE.
Gold Flake Paint debuted the track yesterday saying, "A
glowing three-minutes, ‘As If’ adds layered vocal harmonies to the dizzying
backdrop of sparkling guitar lines that lead the whole thing forward in a
heady sway of colour, the track arriving just in time to catch that
mid-summer slump and throw the whole thing back in its face.”
We Have No Friends? will be issued both digitally and on limited edition
12-inch vinyl varients with the band’s debutSRiD EP as a bonus
b-side. Colored pressings will be available in Coke Bottle Clear, Milky
Clear with Red Splatter andLight Blue. Record club VNYL is exclusively pressing 800 White copies
for their subscribers.
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| L-R Joel and Kevin Photo: Jacqueline Harriet |
Originally from Chicago and Melbourne, Australia
respectively, band members Kevin Pariso (guitar/vocals) and Joel Witenberg (vocals/bass) wrote the EP as a form
of escape.
“Both of us recently left long term relationships and dating in NYC is an
absolute mess so we locked ourselves into a studio to get away from our
thoughts and the hot city summer,” explains Witenberg. “One of us
would come up with a lyrical song concept and build on it together through
our own experiences.”
The EP title came out of a running joke between the band members during
their self-imposed exile to the studio.
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| Kev and Joel Photo: Michael Cooper |
“During the recording we would spend late weekend nights jamming and
writing music instead of spending it out with friends,” laughs Pariso.
“Putting time into something creative can definitely hamper your social
life but the fruit it bears is worth the sacrifices.”
Those sacrifices
are paying off as SRiD has been praised by Nylon, Under
The Radar, Noisey and CLASH and led
to tours with The Jezabels, Day Wave, High Highs, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah,
We Are Scientists and Mourn. EP opener “In Between” premiered at Billboard this spring and "gives a taste of a salty coast infused
with bleached beats of haze and modern surf music that makes you feel the
need for the track on repeat."
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| Kev, Joel Photo: Michael Cooper |
The band just
completed a tour with Amy Shark and is finishing up dates this week with
Grace Mitchell ahead of an appearance at Billboard’s Ho 100 fest at Jones
Beach on August 20. Additional dates will be added in the fall in support
of the EP.
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We Have No Friends? Digital Track Listing
1 - In Between
2 - As If
3 - Everything They Said
4 - White Salsa
5 - Fitting The Mold
We Have No Friends? Vinyl Track Listing
1 - In Between
2 - As If
3 - Everything They Said
4 - White Salsa
5 - Fitting The Mold
6 - Anymore
7 - Zen A
8 - Late Risers
9 - Never Be the
Same
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