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Skating Polly and Kate Nash Introduce: “Tiger At the Drugstore”Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse interview the director of their latest video. |
New York, NY - June 27, 2023 - Today Tacoma-based Oklahoma-bred "ugly pop" trio Skating Polly release the Kate Nash directed music video for "Tiger At The Drugstore." The English singer-songwriter, actress, and longtime friend of the band brings to life the song which tackles unhealthy coping mechanisms with a light-hearted endearing clip of the punk-siblings. This is the fourth single and third music video from Skating Polly's new double LP Chaos County Line released this past Friday, June 23rd, via El Camino Media and the first time the band has used horns on a track. "Tiger At The Drugstore all spawned with Peyton's fantastic line "faking it just doesn't feel like how I remember it, faking it just doesn't feel familiar at all". Then we were tasked with finding lines to live up to that, which I feel pretty confident in saying we accomplished. It's about unhealthy coping mechanisms. The things we do to avoid pain and discomfort. Me and Peyton and Kurtis all have our own separate detrimental habits that we are prone to fall into and basically all of them took hold at least some point during the pandemic. One thing about being as close as we are is we've had to learn not only how to deal with our own issues, but each others'. To me this song feels like phone calls we were all having circa 2020, thousands of miles apart, just trying to put one foot in front of the next. And, it sounds corny, but I hear so much love in the lines me and Pey sing back to each other. I think the takeaway message is finding peace in occasionally feeling terrible and not just immediately trying to numb it." - Kelli Mayo Chaos County Line is the band’s first new studio recording in five years. Produced by frequent collaborator Brad Wood (Liz Phair, Veruca Salt, Smashing Pumpkins), the album reaches a whole new level of self-possession, ultimately sharing their most expansive and emotionally powerful work to date. The follow-up to 2018’s critically acclaimed The Make It All Show LP, the songs on the new album journey from art-punk to noise-rock to piano-driven power-pop. Not only the outcome of their constant growth as songwriters, Chaos County Line’s scope and depth has much to do with Skating Polly’s newly heightened clarity of vision. "Tiger At The Drugstore" follows the frenetic first single and music video “Hickey King” HERE, the joyous second single and video "I'm Sorry For Always Apologizing" HERE and the blistering third single "Send A Priest" HERE. Skating Polly has built a close-knit community of fans while earning the admiration of their musical forebears, a feat that’s found them collaborating with icons like X’s Exene Cervenka and Beat Happening’s Calvin Johnson, touring with Babes In Toyland, and starring as the subject of a feature-length documentary. |
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"Irresistible pop-grunge anthems... The whole thing’s an absolute blast. After all, growing up doesn’t have to mean growing old." - 4/5, Kerrang! “Twisting brat-punk singalongs into crunchy hard rock exorcisms… Quite brilliant.” - Uncut “Self-proclaimed ‘ugly pop’ trio Skating Polly are getting good and ambitious this year… the band jangle and shake their way to power pop bliss.” - Paste “('Hickey King')...a buoyant and mosh-y ode to the misguided romantic habits of weirdly possessive indie rock dudes.” - Guitar World “... the trio (who relocated from Oklahoma to Tacoma in 2015) have polished their angst-ridden, guitar-driven outbursts, but there's still plenty of grit, too.” - The Stranger “... Skating Poll’s signature “ugly pop” sound - infectious melodies punctuated with punk-rock screams and steadfast refusals to polish away all the blemishes…” - The Oklahoman “a grubby spinning-top of gutsy alt-rock; spiked-collared, hair-on-end, a punk let off from the leash in need of a good exorcism, and possibly even a good bath.” - Louder Sound “Tacoma's SKATING POLLY probably rips harder than your favorite band… the high kicks and new songs (from the upcoming album Chaos County Line) that the family band busted out at the bus station stage indicate they won't stop rocking out anytime soon.” - Pacific Northwest Inlander “Skating Polly is a force to be reckoned with, proving themselves to be one of the most dangerous bands today.” - For The Punks “'Chaos County Line' finds Skating Polly showcasing the depth of their growth, both as songwriters and personally… Skating Polly imbue that outpouring with an unfettered emotional truth.” - The Punk Site |
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