SWFL thrash punk band, Except You, releases EP on unique, recycled vinyl

CAPE CORAL

Except You, a Southwest Florida-based thrash punk band, has launched their new EP “Crushable” on recycled vinyl.

The band is fronted by vocalist Angela Page. Flanking Page are guitarist Arlo Simonds and bassist Shawn Ayotte. Pete Flower performs drums.

The band debuted in 2020, and through the pandemic, they continued to put in writing and file music.

They performed their first present in September of 2021 and launched their first EP “Never Relax” in May of 2022. The debut EP opens with “So Smol,” a fast, gritty music that units the EP’s tone.

Recycled vinyl launch

Following “Never Relax,” the band launched their second EP, “Crushable,” on Feb. 4. Both sides of the file had been recorded at Farmadelica Sound on Pine Island.

It debuted at a headbanging, moshpit-filled rager at Ollie’s Pub on Feb. 24, a Saturday evening. At the present, the band offered the EPs again to again on a two-in-one vinyl that was uniquely pressed utilizing recycled vinyl records.

Roach and Roll Records, based mostly in Fort Myers, is an unbiased punk label that helped with the vinyl’s launch. The firm they labored with, Gotta Groove Records, melts down previous records to make new records out of them. The coloration just isn’t derived from a mould or totally different dyes and is just the result’s no matter comes out of the previous records.

RELATED: Stellar Records opens in Fort Myers amid resurgence of vinyl records

Each is their very own “particular person shock,” as Page places it. Some are see-through, however some are strong. It could be inexperienced, brown, blue, crimson and pink.

“It is oil-based, and so when it results in a landfill, it takes a very very long time to biodegrade, and it’s actually poisonous,” Page stated concerning the materials used to make vinyl records. “The good thing about utilizing recycled vinyl implies that none of that vinyl will find yourself in a landfill. It will probably be melted all down and repressed into our file, so not solely can we get these rad colours, however we additionally cut back waste general. We cut back the environmental affect of file waste, which, numerous records get thrown out.”

As a band very involved with environmental activism, urgent their vinyl on this means was proper up their alley.

“It’s a dream come true,” Ayotte stated. “We’ve been ready our entire life to be on vinyl, and right here we lastly are, and we had been capable of do it in entrance of individuals we love at a venue that we love, and it was an excellent time.”

Vinyl has seen a resurgence with the emergence of streaming and downloadable music. With their sturdiness, they’re a everlasting bodily format that many gather.

“We discover that, within the underground neighborhood, it’s a fairly well-respected format. Lots of underground bands prefer to launch their stuff on vinyl and promote it at their gigs. It’s an amazing merchandising merchandise. There’s a lot about it,” Page stated.

RELATED: Cape Coral companies unite, supporting Ollie’s Pub Records and Beer

“To be immortalized on wax is the time period that folks use, and it’s cool to lastly have that occur,” Ayotte stated.

Except You album launch at Ollie’s Pub on February 24, 2024. CREDIT: Jesi Cason Photography

Being an area authentic band

Except You’s music is recorded, written and carried out regionally.

“A variety of bands don’t get hometown help. They discover their help outdoors of their metropolis, however we discover that we get a whole lot of hometown help, so it feels actually good to be beloved like that,” Page stated.

RELATED: Southwest Florida band DONEFOR celebrates over 100,000 streams on Spotify

The band undoubtedly has a ardour for his or her music, nevertheless it’s the eagerness the neighborhood reciprocates that motivates them to maintain selecting up their devices.

Arlo Simonds, guitar participant for Except You. CREDIT: Jesi Cason Photography

Page stated that nothing is just like the scene right here in Southwest Florida.

“I believe now we have this middle-class, working-class group of musicians. We’re not in New York; we’re not in Philadelphia; we’re not in Los Angeles, however we all know that our neighborhood exhibits up for one another. It’s simply actually nice,” Page stated.

The band doesn’t have plans to maneuver anyplace else due to the help they obtain right here in Southwest Florida, however they plan to play regional exhibits and are even planning on embarking on a northeastern seaboard tour whereas making connections and constructing their model.

Except You is engaged on a stay vinyl. The 7-inch break up will probably be launched with a band from Orlando referred to as Thrash World.

If you have an interest in shopping for the vinyl, order it at Roach and Roll Records or purchase it bodily at Stellar Records in Fort Myers.

To study extra about Except You, click on right here.

Page additionally runs Love Your Rebellion, an area group whose mission is to empower marginalized teams by way of the humanities. Click right here to study extra.

The put up SWFL thrash punk band, Except You, releases EP on unique, recycled vinyl appeared first on WINK News.

Vinyl

by way of WINK News https://winknews.com/

March 6, 2024 at 12:50AM