SPY
SPY is a five-piece hardcore punk band from the San Francisco Bay Area. Their chimeric tracks shift in an instant from rock and roll riffs to injure-somebody hardcore and back again, all over a distorted, dystopian backdrop. Nowhere is this more clear than on SATISFACTION, their debut LP, releasing June 2nd, 2023, via Triple B Records.
SPY formed out of the lightning in a bottle Bay Area DIY scene in 2020 and made an immediate impact with their SERVICE WEAPON EP, six minutes and forty-nine seconds of raw, distorted hardcore punk. The EP HABITUAL OFFENDER followed in 2021. Their LP release arrives amidst two consecutive years of US-EU touring, with no let-up in sight.
Public Opinion
Public Opinion – vocalist Kevin Hart, drummer Austin Latare, guitarists Kevin Johnson and Brent Liseth, and bassist Sebastian Stanley – emerged from the Denver, Colorado, hardcore scene in 2020 and have evolved from spunky proto-punks into an anthemic rock & roll powerhouse. Perpetual Motion Machine follows the band’s debut album, Painted On Smile, which came out last year and drew praise from the likes of Stereogum, BrooklynVegan, Paste Magazine, and more. The new songs were recorded by Christian Gutierrez and mixed by Brett Romnes (Anxious, Oso Oso, I Am The Avalanche) and they pick up where Painted On Smile left off, dialing up the band’s catchy and confrontational blend.
