EP · 2011

Grind Rails and Grape Soda

Five songs recorded live in a skate-park basement with one amp, egg-carton foam and a lot of grape soda.

Tracks

1. You Can't Turn Down My AmpThis is the first song we ever shouted at a neighbour through a wall. It's still how we open when we want the room awake.pop punk, garage punk3:06
2. Gridlock ChoirWritten stuck in traffic going nowhere, so we made the traffic sing. Fast and dumb, the way we like it.skate punk, sing-along punk2:29
3. Last Bus Home, Front Seat UpstairsThe last bus was always the best part of the night. It's the first time we hid a sweet bit in a loud song.pop punk, bubblegum punk3:08
4. Free Refill ChampionsFour people, one booth, endless refills. We still think of this one as our team anthem.skate punk, diner punk2:27
5. Skate Park Basement BluesOur home address in song form. We closed with it because the basement deserved the last word.basement punk, anthemic punk2:29

Liner notes

We owned one amp between the three of us, so we recorded the whole thing in the basement of the skate park in an afternoon, sharing it like a sleeping bag. The drummer's mum sold us grape soda at cost and we drank most of the budget. Nobody knew what a mix was, so we turned everything up and called it done. We burned a hundred copies, drew the covers by hand, and handed them out at every all-ages show in the valley.

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