Big Scout – How Lovely: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day!

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Big Scout release How Lovely, the 3rd and final single from their debut album Council Sport, out August 19th via Melted Ice Cream Records.

And here’s the blurb from Melted Ice Cream with details:

How Lovely tells stories from a more chemically influenced time in backwoods Wellington thinking about where it all went a bit wrong.

“This is the third single from debut long-player ‘Council Sport’ by Big Scout, a band from the middle of nowhere in rural NZ. “My youth was wasted on me” Jim, bass player laments in this John Cooper Clarke-esque post punk number, recalling past days of excess. This number’s sarcastic chorus will be stuck in your head for days. “I love it when there’s rude signs of good health culturally when that seems to be thin on the ground” – Grant Smithies, RNZ.

Recorded and Produced by NZ adopted Californian Trevor Montgomery (Lazarus, Young Moon, Taruntel) in Nelson at his studio ‘Secret Handshake’ in Nelson, along with mastering by Brian Feary of Melted Ice Cream, Council Sport will be preceded by 3 singles. The album has been described as having a current post-punk sound akin to bands like Idles, Wet Leg or Sleaford Mods and casts a wary eye on small town attitudes, influencer culture, wasted (pun intended) youth, and doing doughies in the car park.

Big Scout bring insightful lyrics riding nimbly atop a confronting wall of sound that swings wildly between a lighthearted upbeat jaunt and a full frontal attack openly flirting with complete and utter sensory overload. Screeching guitar work that forever teeters on the edge of chaos and abject noise while never quite tipping over that fine line and backed by a driving rhythm section so tight it could cut off your circulation. Or at least leave your head spinning, slack jawed and wondering what the fuck just happened. This isn’t any old backline. These guys are a well oiled machine and they wield their force with laser targeted precision – at once a weapon of mass seduction and the kind of ‘fuck you’ that’s usually followed by a knee to the nuts by a scorned lover. The influences are diverse in this coming together of three starkly different personalities, woven into an abrasive tapestry by practiced musicians with an intimate chemistry that’s says: ‘we’re brothers first and band mates second.’ The love shines through. These guys sure as fuck aren’t what you think you’re gonna to hear coming out of lil ol’ Boomtown but they’re coming for you nonetheless. Get in on the ground floor with their action packed debut album Council Sport coming out on Melted Ice Cream in 2022 – cos you’ll hear 100 missable bands this year but you don’t wanna miss this.

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