Portland’s Guantanamo Baywatch sign to Suicide Squeeze Records for the release of their new album, Darling…It’s Too Late! Listen to the album’s lead single, “Too Late,” featuring Curtis Harding on backing vocals that premiered yesterday at The Fader.
Listen/Post: “Too Late” by Guantanamo Baywatch
Tour Dates:
SAT MAR 7 – Portland OR, The Know w/ Hurry Up, Pookie & The Poodlez, Cumstain
WED MAR 11 – San Francisco CA, Knockout w/ Chastity Belt, Meat Market, Chuckleberries
THU MAR 12 – Los Angeles CA, The Smell w/ Chastity Belt, Meat Market
FRI MAR 13 – Tempe AZ, Rampage Fest @ Time Out Lounge w/ The Memories, Meat Market, Meatbodies, Hunters, and Michael Rault
SAT MAR 14 – El Paso TX, Monarch w/ Chastity Belt, The Memories, Meat Market
MON MAR 16 – Austin TX, Daytrotter @ 1210 E. 3rd St. (5p)
WED MAR 18 – Austin TX, Wienermania @ Spiderhouse (6:15p)
WED MAR 18 – Austin TX, House of Vans + SVT @ Mohawk (11:15p)
THU MAR 19 – Austin TX, SVT + Gnar Tapes @ 2737 Webberville Rd. (1p)
THU MAR 19 – Austin TX, She Shreds Party @ 2009 Tillotson Ave. (4:30p)
FRI MAR 20 – Austin TX, BreakThru Radio @ The Liberty (1:30p)
SAT MAR 21 – Austin TX, Burger Mania IV @ Hotel Vegas (9p)
SUN MAR 22 – San Antonio TX, The Korova w/ JEFF the Brotherhood, The Coathangers
TUE MAR 24 – Tucson AZ, Thinktank w/ The Memories, Meat Market, Lenguas Largas
FRI MAY 1 – Eugene OR, KWVA Birthday Show @ WOW Hall w/ The Shivas
JUL 4-5 – Oakland CA, Burger Boogaloo w/ John Waters, The Mummies, Gories, Black Lips, Audacity and more!
Guantanamo Baywatch
Darling…It’s Too Late
May 12, 2015
1. Jungle Bride
2. Raunch Stomp
3. Sea of Love
4. Corey Baum’s Theme
5. Too Late
6. Mr. Rebel
7. Beat Has Changed
8. Shenanigans
9. Boy Like Me
10. Do What You Want
FIRST 150 PRE-ORDER CUSTOMERS WILL RECEIVE A FREE POSTER
With Darling… It’s Too Late, Guantanamo Baywatch sought to harness and manipulate the sparkling sounds from yesteryear, all while staying true to the tape hiss and rough takes of analog recording. “We really wanted a mixtape compilation sound to the record,” says Powell, and that approach can be heard in both the songwriting and the production.
According to Powell, each individual song was approached with all the
amps and the EQs on the recording console zeroed out. That meant that
every song was recorded with a new template. The title track and lead
single, “Too Late”, perfectly captures this new aesthetic. With Burger
Records soul singer Curtis Harding contributing backing vocals and
rounding out the classic Motown ballad vibe of the track, “Too Late” is
an enormous departure from the trashy Mummies-esque ruckus of their
earlier recordings. Of course, the band hasn’t completely abandoned the
rowdy surf rock of their previous releases–Powell put the finishing
touches on the album back at his Jungle Muscles Studio in Portland to
keep that rough-hewn feel intact. But even when he and his bandmates
Chevelle Wiseman (bass) and Chris Scott (drums) tread on their familiar
territory with songs like “Raunch Stomp” or their cover of Eddie &
The Showmen’s “Mr. Rebel”, there’s a newfound clarity, punch, and
swagger to their sound. Throughout the course of Darling… It’s Too
Late the trio continues to fuck with various subgenres, from the dusty
Western twang of “Corey Baum’s Theme” to the straight-outta-Sun Studios
rocker “Do What You Want."
The LP is available in a limited pressing of 1,000 copies on Peaches-and-Cream color vinyl. A digital download card for MP3 is
included.
