Scowl announce new EP, share first single "Opening Night"

Scowl announce new EP, share first single “Opening Night”

by Kate Hoos | Feb 8, 2023 | Features

Santa Cruz hardcore greats Scowl have been very busy the last few years. They released their awesome debut album, How Flowers Grow, in 2021 and have toured consistently behind it. They have a heavy touring schedule for 2023 too, including appearances at festivals like Coachella, Outbreak and Furnace Fest as well as a lengthy tour with Show Me The Body, Zulu and more that kicks off on 2/9 and which will hit Brooklyn Steel on 3/24.

As if they weren’t busy enough, they have now announced a brand new EP, Psychic Dance Routine, which is certainly exciting news! It will release in full on 4/7 via Flatspot Records and they have shared the first single, “Opening Night.” This one sees the band less in hardcore territory and veering more towards a cool alt-rock indie vibe.

Vocalist Kat Moss shares via press release: “‘Opening Night’ is a song I’m particularly excited about because I really worked on this song’s structure with the boys in the band,” continuing “I felt inspired by early 2000’s indie rock songs written by bands like The Strokes and Vampire Weekend. Lyrically this song takes a pretty literal stab at my experience of feeling jolted from stage to van, and back again, every single night. I also had experiences on tour where I was seeing faces in the crowd that belonged to people from my past, and it was pretty shocking.”