In a time where life seems more disconnected than ever, Pretty Atomic shows that even distance doesn’t mean isolation. Featuring former members of Chicago punk bands Shot Baker, No Enemy!, The Dorks and 88 Fingers Louie, Pretty Atomic have released their first single, Life Now, that is taken from their upcoming debut EP, Idle Age, that was mixed by Dan Precision (88 Fingers Louie) at his Bombshelter Studio and is due out on the 6th June.

It wasn’t fully intentional for 3 of the 4 members of Shot Baker to join this project. Initially singer Tony Kovacs (Shot Baker) phoned longtime friend Andy Maggio (No Enemy!) about working on some songs together. After kicking around some potential partners, it just made sense to work with people that we knew would understand what we want to do and had the work ethic to put in the effort it would take. So Chris Gach (Shot Baker / The Dorks) quickly joined on drums and Nat Wright (Shot Baker / 88 Fingers Louie) joined in on bass. The biggest challenge? Time and distance. Tony lives in Fort Collins, CO. while the rest of the band is scattered across the Chicago area.

“We immediately began sharing song ideas and demos by uploading them to a cloud drive. Each of us would add parts as we tweaked and developed these songs. Once happy with the songs, we recorded drums at Chris’s house and sent those tracks around, each adding our parts again. We’ve never all been in the same room together since the inception of this project.” (Andy Maggio)

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