New Music From Dude York – Digital Servicing Only

Dude York makes heavy pop for heavy times. The band was born in a garage in Walla Walla, Washington – a secluded berg known for long, hot summers and slow, cold winters – before singer/guitarist Peter Richards and drummer Andrew Hall moved to Seattle and met bassist Claire England. In the Emerald City, the three-piece honed their love of Jonathan Richman and Swedish pop to become a world-class act, opening for the likes of Mikal Cronin, The Oblivians, and Mudhoney and releasing 2014’s debut LP Dehumanize via Help Yourself Records. Recorded by longtime Sleater-Kinney producer John Goodmanson, their Hardly Art debut Sincerely couches its themes of anxiety and eroding mental health in rock tracks that amp up the sweetly melodic crunch of powerpop with massive distortion and bashed-to-heck drums. All told, it’s a loud and sweaty testament to the power of friendship and the solace that can be found through art.

Sincerely opens with a blast—the massive opening chords of “Black Jack,” a squealing track that blends the swagger of glam with the heavy riffing and ringing hooks of arena rock. On the occasion of its premiere, Richards told The FADER that the song is “about weighing individual drive with teamwork, and the necessary balance of both, all dressed up as an arena ready jock jam.” Sincerely is released January 27, 2017.

“It’s a song that calls both for unity and self-awareness, wrapped in buoyant riffs that sound straight from the late ’90s.” –The FADER

“Rock ’n’ roll at its most fun and unabashed.” -City Arts

RIYL: Joyce Manor, Hop Along, Chastity Belt, LVL UP

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Label: Hardly Art

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