Seattle has a storied musical history. From the arena rock bombast of the Wilson sisters and Heart to the birthplace of grunge and leading alternative label Sub Pop Records. The city is also the birthplace of snot nosed punk rockers Baby And The Nobodies, and the band has just released ‘Bombs Away’, the first single from their forthcoming Ready or Not album, due in early 2025 through F-Bomb Records.
With eight tracks of “melodic mayhem” promised, Ready Or Not has been described as “the perfect album to get you off your ass and up to the bar to kick off the New Year correctly.”
The band – featuring Rebecca Terry (Vocals), Rev James (Guitar, backing vocals, piano), Tyler Sweet – Guitar, backing vocals), Kenny James (Bass, backing vocals), Dana Sims (Drums, backing vocals) – entered Seattle’s legendary London Bridge Studio (Home to records by the likes of Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone and Queensryche) and helmed by Jonathan Plum (Alice in Chains, Ann Wilson, Candlebox), the quintet, although endearingly rough around the edges, apparently “aimed for sonic perfection… and achieved it”. Collectively, the band said, “Jonathan is great to work with, he puts up with Rev and Rebecca’s creative differences and brings both of their ideas to the table. He’s great at listening and understanding where an artist is coming from while still giving his creative input. “, “Jonathan has a way of taking the music, polishing it, skuffing it up and polishing it again, He gets it.”
About the new single, guitarist James said, “”Bombs Away” is about a failing relationship that neither is willing to walk away from, both parties are putting everything they have into it and it still just doesn’t work. This was actually one of the easiest songs on the album to record, it just came out naturally. I think Dana got the drums in one or two takes, the bass and basic guitar were laid down at the same time, I think we even kept some of the scratch vocal track from the live recordings. Everyone knew the parts and it flowed easily onto tape.”
‘Bombs Away’ can be downloaded from iTunes and streamed on Spotify.
