Beach Rats announce their debut album ‘Rat Beat’
Written by Johnson Stephen on April 26, 2022
Beach Rats announce that their debut album ‘Rat Beat’ will be out on July 29th 2022 via Epitaph Records.
It features an impressive line-up of punk rock lifers namely vocalist Ari Katz (Lifetime), guitarist Pete Steinkopf (Bouncing Souls), bassist Bryan Keinlen (Bouncing Souls), guitarist Brian Baker (Bad Religion, Minor Threat) and Danny Windas (Let It Burn) on drums.
The majority of the songs on ‘Rat Beat’ were conceptualized and rehearsed in the basement of Brian Baker’s home and then tracked by Eric Bennett at Lakehouse Studios in only one day.
Brian Baker recalls ”We’d go down in the basement, put on masks, open the windows and we could play within CDC guidelines! We couldn’t go to dinner at each other’s houses, but we could practice.”
Bryan Kienlen adds ”You’re gonna get authentic punk and hardcore from Beach Rats because we are all from the 1980’s. It’s literally taking it back to some of our biggest influences like Negative Approach, Poison Idea and of course, Minor Threat.”
Pre-order, stream & download the album via this link https://beachrats.ffm.to/ratbeat
They band have shared the music video for the album’s title track and you can watch the music video via this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRYF2KCt3WM
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