San Francisco’s premiere garage punk weirdos, CULTURE ABUSE, are ready to unleash their debut full length, Peach, on the world. Due out April 8th via 6131 Records, Peach is a barrage of raw punk, swaggering garage, and hooky power pop that refuses to be pinned to a single genre. To celebrate the album’s announcement, -the band have shared the driving first single, “Peace on Earth,” available to stream and purchase now via Spotify.
Culture Abuse dare you to try categorizing them. On their debut full length, Peach, the San Francisco Bay Area band drop hints with every song — power pop melodies collide with punk grit, garage rock swagger meets hardcore aggression, and there’s even an upstroke or two — but never give the listener enough to definitively put them in a box. And that’s just the way they like it.
Recorded with Scott Goodrich at Nu-Tone Studios, Peach is an eclectic album that represents a band finding their sound, and that sound is anything they want it to be. The album sees the band lean full tilt into the Nuggets-inspired garage punk only hinted at on their more hostile early work, throwing keyboards and even the occasional string arrangement on top of their distorted attack. The result creates a barrage of outsider earworms that might be hard to label, but aren’t hard to sing along to instantly. This refreshingly try-anything approach to songwriting makes for an unpredictable listen that is somehow simultaneously cohesive, a testament to Culture Abuse’s ability to wrestle disparate styles into something all their own.
Culture Abuse don’t care what kind of band you think they are, and after listening to Peach, you’ll be too busy singing along to care either.
Tour Dates:
02/27 Los Angeles, CA @ Union
03/19 Dallas, TX @ Spillover Festival
03/22 Salt Lake City, UT @ Loading Dock
03/23 Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Festival
03/24 Seattle, WA @ Funhouse
03/25 Vancouver, BC @ 333
03/26 Portland, OR @ Analog Lounge
03/27 Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst Atrium
04/01 Fresno, CA @ Strummer’s
04/03 Tucson, AZ @ The Rock
04/05 Little Rock, AR @ Metroplex
04/07 Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
04/08 Quebec City, QC @ Salle Multi
04/09 Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
04/10 Toronto, ON @ Mod Club
04/11 London, ON @ London Music Hall
04/13 Des Moines, IA @ Woolys
04/14 Winnipeg, MB @ Garrick Centre
04/15 Regina, SK @ The Exchange
04/16 Calgary, AB @ Marquee
04/17 Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room
04/18 Vancouver, BC @ Imperial
04/19 Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
04/21 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
04/22 Reno, NV @ Jub Jub’s
04/23 Chico, CA @ Senator Theatre
