SHUTUPS - Oakland, CA

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Biography

Shutups have always rocked. Officially only since 2015, but in the year 2021 they have never rocked harder. Why do they rock so hard? Maybe it’s because their instruments are tuned just right. Perhaps it’s because they’ve chosen the right outfits for the job, or because they eat a balanced breakfast every morning. Maybe it’s because they practice three times a week and go on group jogs in the evening, or because they’ve uninstalled all music streaming apps on their phones and strictly listen only to new song demos.However, the answer is likely more simple. They all call their mothers. Daily.

Whatever the reason, no one rocks harder than Shutups.

5
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5

A collection of loud sad songs written quietly in your parents house during a global pandemic, Shutups “5” is a celebration of isolation; a giddy depression, urgently nostalgic and self absorbed. From the opening buzzsaw guitars of “All At Once” to the insistent cymbal shattering of “Can You Dance To A Feeling?”, Shutups comfortably cut through your speaker cones, delivering hook laden track after track.

1. All At Once
2. Death From Behind
3. Can You Dance To A Feeling?
4. The Monday After Easter Sunday
5. Last Place

Cat. No. KRS676
Release date: October 2, 2020

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Six
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Six

• DOUBLE CD INCLUDES EPS "SIX" & "SEVEN" IN A DELUXE GATEFOLD ECO WALLET

As the world slowly reopens, Shutups' "Six" rightfully follows their introspective EP "5" with a sense of reemergence. Free of the literal confines and limited resources that spawned last year’s “5,” "Six" boasts a cacophony of triumphant guitar, exultant harmonies, and expansive synths. However, beneath the anthemic pop-infused exterior of these songs, there’s a lingering pessimism. From the single "NSA (Corporate Holidays)", to the deeply-wounded "Ultimatum", to the angsty "No cursing in your mother's house" and finishing with the self-deprecating acoustic anthem "Fake Xerox Punk", "Six" speaks to the current bind: a longing to kill the past while burdened with the stresses of the present. It's the feeling that summer ended before it started.



1. NSA (Corporate Holidays)
2. Ultimatum
3. No cursing in your mother's house
4. Fake Xerox Punk (Soft Version)

Cat. No. KRS713
Release date: November 19, 2021

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Seven
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Seven

• SUPRIZE EP!!!
• DOUBLE CD INCLUDES EP "SIX" IN A DELUXE GATEFOLD ECO WALLET

Shutups seventh EP, Seven, finds the group abandoning the bedroom tones of 2020’s 5 in favor of something both maximalist and aggressive. The Oakland 4-piece unlock deeply nested nü-metal influences and kraut rock fantasies, filling in the gaps with vulnerable finger picked passages and cinematic synth landscapes. Lyrically, the EP reflects on an increase in screen time during the 2020 pandemic. During the closing mantra of “Shit Opus”, singer Hadley Davis' exhausted drone of “Tech reject, FaceTime my last breath” best embodies the fresh routine/plague of video conference calls. The steady slow burning "One of Them" leads into “Drunk Passenger”, the metaphorical iceberg dragging against the hull of a ship, tearing the EP apart before being bandaged back by the closing lines of “Infinitely Better”— “Now I feel better, infinitely better, call me when you feel it too” is the only shred of hope presented in this collection, so what better message to end on?



1. Shit Opus (Millionaire/EmDrive/Powers Out/Tech Reject)
2. One Of Them
3. Drunk Passenger
4. Infinitely Better

Cat. No. KRS714
Release date: November 12, 2021

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