Words: Ellie Ward
Directed by David Ruiz and Max Flick, LA newcomers The Paranoyds share the visuals to the title track from their forthcoming debut album, ‘Carnage Bargain,’ due for release on September 13 via Suicide Squeeze.
The album ‘Carnage Bargain’ sees the four-piece deliver a raucous blend of garage-rock grit, with a touch of US style new wave swagger.
Following the album’s first single of feminine-empowerment, 'Girlfriend Degree', the record's title track shows the band delivering scathing lyrical observations wrapped in a coating of vibrant punk-pop hooks.
“People want things all the time - there seems to be a constant manic need of consuming, now more so than ever. 'Carnage Bargain' is about the people higher up wanting to get all this evil work done at a wholesale price,” says vocalist and bassist Staz Lindes.
“It’s impossible for us to get through a day without thinking of the thousands of migrant children in cages at the border alone, some without proper beds, soap, toothbrushes, and with lights on 24/7. We can not continue to ignore the black lives, young and old, taken by police almost every week. The plastic crisis. The mass shootings. The extreme need of prison reform. The opioid crisis. The water crisis in Flint, Michigan. The list goes on, and the hole gets deeper. Sometimes I can’t sleep and I wonder: do they sleep well in the White House? What else can I do as a privileged citizen? They want to get a Carnage Bargain. I want to pick up garbage."
The band are on tour with Bleached and White Reaper throughout North America next month through to November.
US live dates
AUGUST
16 Los Angeles, CA, Echo Park Rising
SEPTEMBER
05 San Diego, CA, Casbah^
06 Pomona, CA, The Glass House^
07 Phoenix, AZ, Valley Bar^
09 Austin, TX, Barracuda^
10 Dallas, TX, Club Dada^
11 Houston, TX, Satellite Bar^
13 New Orleans, LA, Gasa Gasa^
14 Atlanta, GA, Masquerade (Hell Stage)^
15 Durham, NC, Motorco Music Hall^
17 Washington, DC, U Street Music Hall^
19 Brooklyn, NY, Elsewhere^
20 Philadelphia, PA, PhilaMoca^
21 Boston, MA, Brighton Music Hall^
23 Toronto, ON, Horseshoe Tavern^
24 Columbus, OH, The Basement^
25 Nashville, TN, Exit/In^
28 Minneapolis, MN, 7th Street Entry^
29 Chicago, IL, Lincoln Hall^
30 St. Louis, MO, Firebird^
OCTOBER
03 St. Louis, MO, Firebird#
04 Des Moines, IA, Vaudeville Mews#
05 St. Paul, MN, Amsterdam Bar & Grill#
07 - Denver, CO, Larimer Lounge#
NOVEMBER
01 San Francisco, CA, Cafe du Nord
02 Santa Cruz, CA, The Crepe Place
03 Reno, NV, The Holland Project
05 Portland, OR, Bunk Bar
06 Seattle, WA, Barboza
^ = w/ Bleached
# = w/ White Reaper
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