Two new records come out on Rad Girlfriend Records at the end of the month: Heavy Sea - Distortion Days and Acumen - Mark VII, both on January 26.
Distortion Days is the second LP from Heavy Seas, a Chicago-based punk/emo group, produced by J. Robbins. Big in sound, yet raw and blunt. It will release on Little Rocket Records in the UK.
Mark VII is the latest from Acumen, from Carbondale, IL. It is a covers collection focused on obscure songs from the 1960s.
Jeff Dean (Heavy Seas – vocals/guitar) SPB: What venue has the best food (for touring bands)? Dean: Honestly, I think Beat Kitchen in Chicago has the best food for a music venue. I used to live down the street from there and I would just go there, whether I was playing … Read more
Mikey Erg SPB: Walk our readers through your kit and offer insight as to how you arrived at your sizes (shells and cymbals)? Mikey: My current kit is a Ludwig Blue Vistalite kit with a 26" kick drum and 14" and 18" toms. My snare is a Pork Pie "Pig … Read more
Mike (Two Houses) SPB: Do you have any vinyl that your own strictly for collector’s purposes but never listen to? Mike: No one in the band does. Norman Marston, who recorded and mixed our full-length, I Feel So Good I Can't Stand Myself (out this summer on Rad Girlfriend), has … Read more
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