Scene Point Blank is happy to kick off this Thursday with a song premiere from Damn Jackals, a Brooklyn, NY-based garage rock band with some sass ‘n’ swagger to ‘em.
The new single is called “Swoon” and comes from their new EP, Rivals, which will release on July 15.
Befitting of its title, “Swoon” begins with some attention-grabbing snares and protopunk guitar, building to a fuzzy guitar swoon at the chorus.
The band explains:
The song was written in 2019 when there was a lot of political and climate change related anxiety in the States. Lyrically, I was trying to applaud progressive people who challenge norms. It’s an “I love you” to people who put forward actions that make even the slightest of differences in bettering the world…rather than just being “all talk” and being more concerned with validation about their own opinions on the situation. This one is for the doers!
The band tested this song out live on the road a bunch of times before we recorded it. It’s a really fun vehicle for our guitarists to let loose in a live setting, especially our lead guitarist Max Motchan, who definitely went buck wild on his guitar solo on the recording. We had our first crowd surfer during his solo for this song at our last gig, it was heaps of fun!
The band features a lineup of Beau Croxton (lead vocals/guitar) Sean Burke (guitar/vocals/keys), Max Motchan (guitar), Sean McCann (bass), and Mike Goehler (drums). A 3-piece horn section often joins them live as well.
Rivals is self-released by the band. The group previously released the full-length, Crooked Castle, Vol. 1.
Rivals EP track listing:
01. Lovely Nuthin'
02. Swoon
03. New Broke City
