QUARANTINE BORN FAMILY PROJECT ATWATER PUNX
RELEASE THEIR DEBUT EP THE FLEA DRAWS BLOOD
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Los Angeles band Atwater Punx, named after their Atwater Village neighborhood have released their debut EP The Flea Draws Blood, out today worldwide.
Atwater Punx is the brainchild of Stacy (American Hi-Fi, Letters to Cleo etc.) and Kristen Wagner Jones (Shut Up Stella, Bullet & Snowfox). Both Jones’ have spent their careers making music, but it was the birth of their son Waylon that drove them to make music together. The couple started to put together ideas around Waylon’s naptime and after he went to bed in their home studio. The shelter in place orders issued in Los Angeles, where the couple lives, trigger their creativity and with the forced time off they finished the first three Atwater Punx songs inspired by bands like The Clash and Bikini Kill.
“‘Ghost Town’ has elements of bands like Rancid mixed with some of the dance-punk of Le Tigre, but combined with the more pop side of things that Jones has been dabbling in lately.” - If It’s Too Loud
They released their first single, “Ghost Town” earlier this month. The song, like the project, was inspired by being in quarantine and is about the isolation and disconnection of a once busy city turned quiet and nearly completely still, overnight.
“Melding together aggressive keys with Stacy and Kristen’s razor-sharp vocal, “Ghost Town” packs a punch upon first listen and has listeners hitting replay for more.’ - Culture Collide
The driving and adrenaline-filled track “Annie”, is about the angst, energy, and aggression of youth, and the crushing third track “Drums of Death,” a hybrid of ‘Check Your Head’ era Beastie Boys and the noise-pop sound of Sleigh Bells, pays homage to a fearless female protagonist. A born fighter who is a true adversary to anyone standing in her path.
Atwater Punx continue to be inspired and are working on new music. Stay tuned!
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