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\nSan Diego trio The Schizophonics announce their forthcoming sophomore album, People In The Sky today. BrooklynVegan premiered the first single “Battle Line” yesterday, which is available now to hear and share via BrooklyVegan, YouTube, Bandcamp and Spotify. <\/p>\nThe band takes its jaw-dropping live show on the road for headlining dates throughout North America this October. Please see current dates below. <\/p>\n
Over the last few years, The Schizophonics have built up a formidable reputation around the world as an explosive live act. Tapping into the same unstoppable combination of rock ‘n’ roll energy and showmanship that fueled The MC5 in the heyday of the Grande Ballroom, their wild live show is heavily influenced by artists like James Brown, Iggy Pop, Jimi Hendrix, Little Richard, and The Sonics. Singer\/guitarist Pat Beers and drummer Lety Beers formed the band in San Diego in 2009 and have worked tirelessly since then, playing hundreds of shows around the globe and winning 7 (SEVEN!) San Diego music awards. <\/p>\n
In 2013 they were recruited as the backing\/opening band for El Vez, which helped the band make a name for itself in Europe. Since then, they’ve played in fourteen countries, and supported tours by like-minded acts like Rocket From The Crypt, Little Barrie, and The Woggles and have opened for The Damned, The Hives and Cage The Elephant. Shindig magazine described their live show “Like watching some insane hybrid of Wayne Kramer, James Brown, and the Tazmanian Devil.” <\/p>\n
“One of my favorite live bands ever,” proclaims Tim Mays, who has run the Casbah in San Diego for 30 years and has seen literally thousands of live bands come through his doors. “The Schizophonics bring the goods every time they play,” he enthuses. <\/p>\n
The band is more than just an outstanding live act, they’re also committed to writing great, memorable songs. After releasing 2 singles and an EP over the last few years on Munster, Ugly Things, and Pig Baby Records, they put out their first full-length album in July 2017 titled Land Of The Living on the label Sympathy For The Record Industry with famed record man Long Gone John. In January of 2019 they started work on their second LP recruiting Dave Gardner (Hot Snakes, RFTC) mixing engineer Stephen Kaye (JD McPherson, Mike Krol) and Pierre De Reeder (Rilo Kiley) to put their live, raw sound to tape. <\/p>\n
The album, titled People in the Sky will be released on October 31st, 2019 on Pig Baby Records. Pre-orders are available HERE. <\/p>\n
THE SCHIZOPHONICS LIVE 2019:
\n08\/24 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
\n09\/13 Montreal, QB @ Fuzztival
\n10\/10 Los Angeles, CA @ Harvard & Stone
\n10\/11 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
\n10\/12 Long Beach, CA @ Alex’s Bar
\n10\/13 Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
\n10\/14 El Paso, TX @ The Neon Rose
\n10\/17 Denton, TX @ Harvest House
\n10\/18 Austin, TX @ Nicolaza’s\/Far Out
\n10\/19 Houston, TX @ Rudyards
\n10\/20 New Orleans, LA @ TBA
\n10\/23 Miami, FL @ Gramps
\n10\/24 St. Petersburg, FL @ The Bends
\n10\/25 Orlando, FL @ Wills Pub
\n10\/26 Atlanta, GA @ Star Bar
\n10\/27 Memphis, TN @ DKDC
\n10\/30 New York, NY @ Union Pool
\n10\/31 Baltimore, MD @ Otto Bar
\n11\/01 Washington, DC @ The Pie Shop
\n11\/02 Philadelphia, PA @ Ortlieb’s
\n11\/03 New Haven, CT @ Caf\u00e9 Nine
\n11\/04 Providence, RI @ Dusk
\n11\/05 NYC, NY @ Illegal Mezcal Private Party
\n11\/06 Pittsburg, PA @ Get Hip
\n11\/07 Toronto, ON @ The Baby G
\n11\/08 Detroit, MI @ The Outer Limits
\n11\/09 Chicago, IL @ Liars Club
\n11\/10 Madison, WI @ Mickey’s Tavern
\n11\/12 Appleton, Wi @ The Cold Shot
\n11\/15 Wenatchee, WA @ Walley’s
\n11\/16 Seattle, WA @ Freakout Festival
\n11\/17 Portland, OR @ Twilight Caf\u00e9<\/p>\n
Artist: The Schizophonics
\nAlbum: People In The Sky
\nLabel: Pig Baby Records
\nRelease date: October 31st, 2019<\/p>\n
01. Something’s Got To Give
\n02. Steely Eyed Lady
\n03. Nine Miles
\n04. People In The Sky
\n05. The One I Want
\n06. Battle line
\n07. Not Gonna Change My Mind
\n08. Long Way To Go
\n09. Show Me Your Eyes
\n10. Like a Mummy
\n11. Down and Out
\n12. She’s Coming Back<\/p>\n
On the Web:
\nschizophonics.com
\nfacebook.com\/TheSchizophonics
\ninstagram.com\/theschizophonics
\npigbabyrecords.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Makers of high octane, soulful garage punk… Get an early taste with smoking’ stomper ‘Battle Line’.” — BrooklynVegan “Their live show is a turbo-charged, bombastic display of true blue rock’n’roll chaos. It’s not just a wild live show; the songs are fantastic too!” — RazorCake (cover story) Listen to the Interview via Talkshoe San Diego […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rock"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23773,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23771\/revisions\/23773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}