Shortstop
Photo Credit 📷 : @portraitofsound
Sacramento’s band turned one man act turned band again Shortstop are releasing their first full length and we here at Not Just a Phase are more than excited to bring you the world premiere of their first single to be released off it.
There’s a harkening back to a time that feels distant, but really isn’t, and a scene that feels far away, but maybe wasn’t, that seems to be the winds by which “i think you should leave” has cast its sails upon. Feeling all at once influenced by the 2010s screamo scene, I hear the traces of droning emo-yell screamo, and the grimaced specter of midwest plucks and thrums. Lyrically it pulls from those dark places you’d read about on a Loma Prieta insert or while skimming through Guidelines lyrics that someone claims to have deciphered. Yet still, the track tears free from its roots to walk in its own sun and propagate its own orchard.
Other notable new cuts like “john wilkes kissing booth” and “but the heart has it’s own memory and I have not forgotten” can’t help but get me excited for the trajectory of the bands growth and evolution. It won’t be too much longer as the anticipated release date is currently set for September 6th, with physicals to be announced. We can’t wait to get our grubby hands on some hard copies of these bad boys and as always we look forward to what the band has in store for us next.
