{"id":7,"date":"2018-08-14T20:40:15","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T20:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bumblefest.com\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2023-07-28T22:08:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T22:08:15","slug":"bands-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumblefest.com\/index.php\/bands-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 BANDS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Art by James H. Eddy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BUMBLEFEST 2021:<\/strong>\u00a0
\nFriday, September 17
\n500 block of Clematis Street \u2013 Downtown West Palm Beach\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

UNWED SAILOR (Tulsa) | SURFER BLOOD (WPB) | ROOM THIRTEEN | SPIRIT & THE COSMIC HEART | BEN KATZMAN’S DEGREASER\u00a0<\/strong>w. American Sigh + Beautiful Disaster + Cog Nomen + Death by Holiday + The Dewars + The Dreambows + Glass Body + Jakob Takos & the Connection + Jezgajams + Mouthtape + Nervous Monks + Soul Particles + Stucco<\/span><\/p>\n

SIX STAGES:\u00a0<\/b>Subculture Alley * Respectable Street (inside\/outside) * Alchemy * Hullabaloo * O’Shea’s * BRK Bar<\/span><\/p>\n

5PM HAPPY HOUR and bands begin at 6pm!
\n<\/b><\/span>500 block of Clematis Street, Downtown West Palm Beach
\n<\/b><\/span>2021 Graphics by the incredible James H. Eddy<\/a><\/p>\n

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SURFER BLOOD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SURFER BLOOD
\n<\/strong>Surfer Blood\u2019s\u00a05th album,\u00a0Carefree Theatre<\/a>, was released on 9\/25\/20 on Kanine Records, Also released in 2020 was 10th anniversary deluxe 2-LP vinyl reissue of their debut album\u00a0Astro Coast<\/em><\/a>, and the Hard-Boiled<\/em><\/a> 10\u201d ep with special guest vocalists.<\/p>\n

Founding Surfer Blood members John Paul Pitts and Tyler Schwarz are joined by guitarist Michael McCleary and bassist Lindsey Mills, all alumni of the same high school in West Palm Beach, Florida. Surfer Blood are the cleanest and nicest band in existence.<\/p>\n

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UNWED SAILOR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UNWED SAILOR\u00a0<\/strong>
\n<\/span>The journey of Unwed Sailor<\/strong> began in Seattle, WA in 1998, shortly after Johnathon Ford<\/strong> departed critically praised bands Roadside Monument<\/strong> and Pedro the Lion<\/strong>. While working within those projects, Ford began writing instrumental music after listening to Tortoise<\/strong>, Pullman<\/strong>, and seeing bands like Physics<\/strong> perform live. After recruiting Dave Bazan<\/strong> (Pedro the Lion<\/strong>), Casey Wescott<\/strong> (Fleet Foxes<\/strong>), and Melissa Palladino<\/strong> (Danielson Famile<\/strong>) to play on the now classic\u00a0Firecracker<\/i>\u00a0EP<\/strong>, Unwed Sailor was born. Two decades and seventeen releases later, Ford has continued to rely on the band as a device for personal exploration and emotive narration. Unwed Sailor now joins forces with Spartan Records<\/strong> for the release of their latest moody and cinematic journey,\u00a0Truth or Consequences<\/i><\/strong>, a sonic examination of particular memories or moments in Johnathon Ford’s life, with each song serving as a unique snapshot of an overarching narrative.\u00a0Truth or Consequences<\/i>\u00a0is shaped around familiar musical DNA. Heavily present, driving, and stacked bass lines; wandering and evolving song structures; soaring crescendos and moody diminuendos; and, of course, a gripping sense of sonic storytelling.<\/p>\n

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SPIRIT & THE COSMIC HEART<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SPIRIT & THE COSMIC HEART
\n<\/strong>\u201cFlorida\u2019s Spirit ad the Cosmic Heart<\/strong> offer a warm shoegaze pop sound founded on good production, lush instrumentals and soft vocals, and show a tendency for memorable and tuneful writing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Subtly reminiscent of sixties pop, \u2018MOMENTS\u2019<\/strong> EP (2021) is an accurate representation of the band\u2019s songful character, bringing forth symmetric levels of dream pop melancholy and twee smoothness. Spirits music comes with a strong sense of openness and familiarity, hence it\u2019s easy to appreciate instantly\u201d – DESTROY \/ EXIST<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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ROOM THIRTEEN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ROOM THIRTEEN
\n<\/strong>Room Thirteen<\/strong> is a collaboration between audio\/visual artists Courtney Asztalos<\/strong>, Abigail Clark<\/strong> & Danny Clifton<\/strong>. All three are from Florida, a culture and landscape that has colored their work from the beginning back in 2014. This album was recorded in a 1970\u2019s single-wide beach trailer in the small coastal town of Shell Point, FL, shortly before it was destroyed by Hurricane Michael<\/strong> in 2019. The album rides the edge between light and dark; like a Disney<\/strong> acid trip filled with missing teeth, guitars that sound like crying dogs, & answering machine solos heard in a cruise ship casino.
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\n<\/span>\u201cRoom Thirteen is Clifton\u2019s melting Martin Denny exotica with ghostly, doo-wop harmonies.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i>–Alex Woodward for The Gambit<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe sound of Room Thirteen . . . is inspired by solid gold oldies, swimming holes, lounge music, and tropical martinis\u201d <\/span><\/i>– Elizabeth Schneider for IMPOSE Magazine<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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BEN KATZMAN’S DEGREASER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BEN KATZMAN’S DEGREASER
\n<\/strong>Ever wondered what the love child of Judas Priest<\/strong> and the Ramones<\/strong> would sound like? Look no further: The name is Ben Katzman<\/strong> and my band is DeGreaser<\/strong>. In the midst of running BUFU<\/strong> Records<\/strong> (Tall Juan, Free Pizza, Japanther<\/strong>) I formed DeGreaser. The pop-metal outfit\u2019s sound, coupled with my diary entry-like songwriting has formed the band’s recognizable world of all things astrology, shredding, and self-improvement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Ben Katzman’s Degreaser is an alt-pop-metal group from Florida, spearheaded by, as the name indicates, Ben Katzman. The singer\/guitarist is fearless in his songwriting, taking influences from so many polarizing places that it threatens to erase the very concept of elitism rampant within rock and metal music”. – Loudwire Magazine<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“If the sexy sax man from The Lost Boys<\/strong> got really into NOLA sludge metal, the result would sound like <\/span>DeGreaser<\/span>. Fronted by the inimitable Ben Katzman (also known for his work with psych-rock band <\/span>Guerilla\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Toss<\/strong><\/span>,<\/strong> as well as being the founder of <\/span>BUFU Records.<\/span><\/p>\n