SERVICE (RUSSELL SIMINS OF JSBX) SHARE VIDEO FOR WHO ARE YOU ANYWAY?
TOUR STARTS JUNE 1ST
DEBUT ALBUM DRAG ME OUT NOW VIA LET'S PRETEND RECORDS
Today, on the eve of their June tour, SERVICE share the brand new video for WHO ARE YOU ANYWAY? taken from their debut album, DRAG ME, released earlier this month via Let’s Pretend Records.
SERVICE describe themselves as "post punk then punk again," but this raucous new band isn't afraid to blow through multiple genres in a song. In the video for their second single "WHO ARE YOU ANYWAY?", they somehow keep it heavy and hooky - no small feat! The band finds freedom in performing a straight, old school punk rock verse-chorus with power, pleasure, and total abandon. Discordant synth samples keep it just off kilter enough against the powerhouse drumming of band captain Russell Simins (best known for his tenure in the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion). And if this punk structure seems familiar for a minute, SERVICE quickly leaves that comfort zone with the absolute heaviest, doom break that's more Sleep than Birthday Party. Wild child front person Jilly Weiss (We Are Hex) sings "we're both subtle as a building coming down” as Mitch Geisinger winds his way into the mix with some riotous guitar. The band rips back into the catchy chorus before ending with a shredding outro: Jilly screaming “not subtle, not subtle.” Indeed. The video, shot in the band's industrial garage practice space in downtown Indianapolis, was directed by Simins and videographer Marshall Baumgartner. Get on board now so you can tell everyone you knew ‘em first!
The album is very much a guitar record, a two-guitar assault, but the hard-grooving beats keep it almost danceably post-punk. DRAG ME is certainly unorthodox, but has choruses that will have you yelling along - an audacious, swaggering rock and roll record that is putting SERVICE on the map.
The band previously shared a video for HEY, directed by filmmaker, Steve Hanft.
Their angsty brand of riffy alt-rock, equal parts blood and fire, is distinctly mid-'90s and would fit right in on the Yellowjackets soundtrack.” BrooklynVegan
“A beautiful cacophony of noise, melody, and punk ethos.” Psychedelic Baby
“A monstrously great set of darkly intense post-punk, propelled by Russell’s groovy beats, laced with his multi-layered production, and topped with Jilly’s otherworldy vocals.” Tinnitist (watch interview)
“A monstrously great set of darkly intense post-punk, propelled by Russell’s groovy beats, laced with his multi-layered production, and topped with Jilly’s otherworldy vocals.” Tinnitist (watch interview)
Drag Me LISTEN
1. It's You
2. Hey
4. Blooded
5. Two Gurus in Drag
6. Pusher
7. Won't Stop Coming
8. Find Me Alive
9. June and Johnny
10. Drag Me
Tour dates:
06-01 Northside Tavern, Cincinnati, OH
06-02 Happy Dog, Cleveland, OH
06-03 Buzzbin, Canton, OH
06-05 Rockwood Music Hall, New York, NY
06-06 The Crown, Baltimore, MD
06-07 Public Option, Washington, D.C.
06/08 The Pourhouse, Raleigh, NC
06/09 Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN
06/10 Green Lantern, Lexington, KY
06/11 Whirling Tiger, Louisville, KY
06/23 State Street Pub, Indianapolis, IN
06/24 Portal at fifteenTWELVE, Louisville, KY
06/25 East Room, Nashville, TN
06/26 Boggs, Atlanta, GA
More dates to be announced
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