80’s hardcore-style quartet Scowl. out of Santa Cruz, CA, have released a new single and video for “Seeds to Sow.” That’s from their upcoming album How Flowers Grow, which is due out 19 Nov 2021 via Flatspot Records. Unlike previous singles, this one is a lot gentler, and includes the soothing grooves of a saxophone (which is terribly underused in punk).
Vocalist Kat Moss has this to about the track:
I love this song. I had no expectations going into recording it as it was supposed to be strictly instrumental— but at the very end of recording we kinda just went for it. I messed around with some of my lyrics from the title track and basically wrote a prelude. I loved hearing that kinda thing on a record growing up, I always felt like it tied everything together and was almost a sort of musical “fourth wall break”. I love to sing but had zero expectations for recording my singing voice, it was just a lot of fun.
Scowl has a batch of USA and EU/UK tour dates on the docket for 2021-2022. Check out the video and those dates below. If you like what you hear, hit this link page to pre-order/pre-save the album, as well as hear more from Scowl.
Tour Dates:
11/6/2021 – San Francisco, CA @ The Parkside w/ Powerhouse, Sunami
w/ Comeback Kid, No Warning, Zulu
12/6 – Las Vegas, NV @ American Legion Post 8
12/7 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
12/8 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
12/11+ 12/12 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex – For The Children Festival
12/13 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Vets Hall
12/15 – Portland, OR @ Dante’s*
12/16 – Seattle, WA @ Vera Project*
*w/o No Warning
12/18/2021 – Brooklyn, NY @ Market Hotel w/ Xibalba, Section H8, Soul Blind + more
12/19 – Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA w/ Fixation, End It
12/20 – Washington D.C. @ Pie Shop w/ Fixation, End It
EU/UK w/ Comeback Kid, Be Well, Devil In Me
01/19/2022 – Belin, DE @ Hole44
01/20/2022 – Hanover, DE @ Faust
01/21/2022 – Bochum, DE @ Matrix
01/22/2022 – Karlsruhe, DA @ Weisse Rose
01/23/2022 – Utrecht, NL @ Tivoli Pandora
01/24/2022 – Bristol, UK @ Fleece
01/25/2022 – Birmingham, UK @ Mama Roux
01/26/2022 – Leeds, UK @ Key Club
01/27/2022 – Manchester, UK @ Rebellion
01/28/2022 – London, UK @ The Dome
01/29/2022 – Hasselt, BE @ Muziekodroom
01/30/2022 – Paris, FR @ Gibus
01/31/2022 – Wil, CH @ Gare De Lion
02/01/2022 – Milan, IT @ Legend Club
02/02/2022 – Munich, DE @ Backstage
02/03/2022 – Prague, CZ @ Futurium
02/04/2022 – Leipzig, DE @ Conne Island
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