Seattle Punk Rock ‘n Rollers The Drowns have announced that they will release their brand new live album, Live At Rebellion, on the 8th August via Pirates Press Records. This is the band’s first foray into recording a live performance, but it has been an idea on the table from very early on. While the band are rightfully acclaimed for their studio albums, the first thing anyone in the know talks about is their electrifying live shows. While a live album recorded during the first year may have captured the raw power of a hungry band kicking off their momentum, Live at Rebellion is the sound of a seasoned band playing in front of a veritable army of international fans at last year’s Rebellion Festival in Blackpool, UK.

“Within the first year of starting the band, we saw the reactions we were getting from people live, and we had the idea to record a live album. Almost a decade later now, we felt like the time was right. Rebellion has always been a highlight of our year, and we love the performances there because the energy from the crowd is raw and visceral. That’s why we made the choice to do it there in Blackpool. This album was the second show of our guitar player, Christian Martucci. He learned all of the songs essentially two weeks before we left, played a sold out show with MXPX in the Pacific Northwest for his first show, then recorded this live album as his second show, and he totally crushed it. He’s a beast! This album was a cumulative effort between people who still believe in rock ‘n’ roll. We couldn’t be more proud.” (guitarist and singer Rev)

While far from a “Greatest Hits Live” preserved in amber, the setlist features selections from every era of the band’s career, and was determined by the band’s knowledge of what songs get their audiences fired up, all killer, no filler, as the saying goes! The gritty attack of Them Rats exemplifies the band’s streetpunk influences and lyrical calls to unite against abusive authoritarian power. Meanwhile, the vital ass-shaking boogie of Live Like Yer Dyin’ was a direct result of the band fully embracing their collective appreciation of the energetic joys of both 70s glam and original 50s rock ‘n roll! Their choice of cover song, Ballroom Blitz, truly hits the Sweet spot, if you’ll pardon the pun, as one of the foremost glam-proto-punk-bovver rock masterpieces.

The band acknowledges Daz Russell & Daryl Smith, the organizers at Rebellion, for backing the making of the record. David Casey helmed the boards to capture the recording, mixing and engineering was done by Evan Douglas Foster and the final master was produced by Seattle legend Jack Endino, who also recently oversaw the re-master of The Drowns‘ debut album View From the Bottom. Live at Rebellion is available for pre-order from the Pirates Press Records webstore on eruption marble, candy corn marble and blood red & halloween orange pinwheel vinyl variants. Live At Rebellion will be released on August 8th, the very weekend the band will tear up the Rebellion Festival stage once again!

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