Everything about State Champion screams loose. From the messed up photos on their site, to the cover art of the new record, to the music contained therein – a raucous blend of punk fueled rock and experimental folk. I wrote about the band here way back when and still remember and return to their music. The new record is just that, a 12″ slab of vinyl that comes out Oct 4 and is distributed by the fine folks at Drag City. For some reason this band and in fact the whole roster at the their label Sophomore Lounge is fairly unknown. I think it’s because they aren’t trying to follow any of the hot genre’s like dubstep or witch house or any of that crap.
So did I say the new record is called Deep Shit. Here’s a track from it. The band is in the middle of a pretty nice tour which has them playing in Chicago this week at the Empty Bottle W/ ANIMAL CITY + HOSPITAL SHIPS.
