Shitty/Awesome
Norman, OK's Shitty/Awesome is a band that straddles the paradoxical line b… Read Full Bio ↴Norman, OK's Shitty/Awesome is a band that straddles the paradoxical line between the farcical and substantive. Like a cold malt liquor on a hot day or reach-around during prison rape, Shitty/Awesome was born of the idea that quality of the input does not always match the output.
Shitty/Awesome is composed of Will Muir (guitar and vocals), Joey Powell (bass, backing vocals, and keyboards when not broken), Derek Lemke (guitars), and Travis Searle (backward drums.) On a fateful road trip to SXSW in 2009, the four decided to create a post-punk influenced garage band completely uninterested in being sleek or even comprehensible, like the indie trite they had spent their weekend standing in various lines to see. The boys of S/A wanted a band that would fill local basements and house parties with loud, sweaty, quivering masses interested in little more than having fun; dancing like maniacs, and eventually passing out in the backyard. Taking notes from garage rock and post-punk legends like Tyevk, The Cramps, Suicide and The B-52's, Shitty/Awesome has extended the formula even further to create a noisy, hairy cacophony that they can proudly call their own. Metaphorically speaking, if garage rock is the champagne of bottled bands, then Shitty/Awesome is a bottle of model glue in the parking lot.
In time, the house/basement party didn't materialize as the band was instantly in high demand around their native Oklahoma. Playing with the likes of The Vivian Girls, Lightning Bolt, Nobunny, and Abe Vigoda, S/A easily burned their unsavory mark into the unsuspecting consciousness of the Bible belt's beating heart. Following a sold-out cassette single and limited edition 7-inch EP, Shitty/Awesome is preparing their new self-titled full-length LP released on Guestroom Records. Recorded at Hook Echo Sound in Norman with every song tracked live, S/A wanted their record to sound like it was recorded in a high school gymnasium, which they accomplished in little over 4 hours with help of producer/engineer Chris Harris.
Shitty/Awesome is composed of Will Muir (guitar and vocals), Joey Powell (bass, backing vocals, and keyboards when not broken), Derek Lemke (guitars), and Travis Searle (backward drums.) On a fateful road trip to SXSW in 2009, the four decided to create a post-punk influenced garage band completely uninterested in being sleek or even comprehensible, like the indie trite they had spent their weekend standing in various lines to see. The boys of S/A wanted a band that would fill local basements and house parties with loud, sweaty, quivering masses interested in little more than having fun; dancing like maniacs, and eventually passing out in the backyard. Taking notes from garage rock and post-punk legends like Tyevk, The Cramps, Suicide and The B-52's, Shitty/Awesome has extended the formula even further to create a noisy, hairy cacophony that they can proudly call their own. Metaphorically speaking, if garage rock is the champagne of bottled bands, then Shitty/Awesome is a bottle of model glue in the parking lot.
In time, the house/basement party didn't materialize as the band was instantly in high demand around their native Oklahoma. Playing with the likes of The Vivian Girls, Lightning Bolt, Nobunny, and Abe Vigoda, S/A easily burned their unsavory mark into the unsuspecting consciousness of the Bible belt's beating heart. Following a sold-out cassette single and limited edition 7-inch EP, Shitty/Awesome is preparing their new self-titled full-length LP released on Guestroom Records. Recorded at Hook Echo Sound in Norman with every song tracked live, S/A wanted their record to sound like it was recorded in a high school gymnasium, which they accomplished in little over 4 hours with help of producer/engineer Chris Harris.
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