8pm doors, 9pm first band. $10 adv., $12 door. 21+
Hazy buzzsaw pop channeling a Swell Maps meets Guided by Voices vibe. A wash of churning guitars and driving rhythms topped off by guitarist/vocalist Matt Bleyle’s distinctive laconic vocals.
"What if the Velvet Underground had written ‘Wooly Bully’ and Sam The Sham ‘Sister Ray?' If Ron House picked up some bongos and joined CCR or If Half Japanese and Hasil Adkins started a Meters cover band? This is the scrap yard of the Retail Simp's mind. Their debut album, Reverberant Scratch, is a 9 track ruckus of tinny guitar sketching, horn-honking deliberations, keyboardarific doodles, and whatever else one can summon in a basement to bang on. It's a ramshackle party stabber. Loose, loud, and 100% TOTAL PUNK!!!”
"Skronky, funky, punky, derelict rock ‘n’ roll — I don’t have any proof that Tha Retail Simps are America’s happiest garage punk band, but they certainly sound like they’re having the best time.” - SPIN
Noise avant experimental rave jams meet punk and jelly, feat. members of Quaaludes and Warp.
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