🎧 Approved: JAGGED BAPTIST CLUB

Self-described as “like Blur and Public Image Limited trying to cover The Rapture and Happy Mondays while Division of Laura Lee and The Vines throw tomatoes at them”, LA band JAGGED BAPTIST CLUB navigate the messy intersection of abrasive grit and addictive hooks with deft precision. 

Their latest single ‘Blow Dry Nation’, from their forthcoming album ‘Physical Surveillance’, sheds any illusions of polish, instead embracing a lo-fi, aggressive ethos that demands to be heard loud. With jagged guitar riffs, propulsive drums and frontman Blake Stokes’ sharp vocals, the track pulsates with an exciting sense of urgency and disillusionment. 

“Politics, sex, greed and ice cream all collide on ‘Blow Dry Nation’”, says Stokes. “What is a Blow Dry Nation?, if you have to ask, then you’re probably not living in one. But for the rest of us, it’s a nation where greed, selfishness, brutality and stupidity are the law of the land. Sound like anywhere you know?”

🎧 Watch the video for ‘Blow Dry Nation’ below.