Naked Giants

One Liner: Highly fun pop punk rock bounce from Seattle.

Wikipedia Genre: No Wikipedia, going with pop punk, alternative rock, indie rock.
Home: Seattle

Poster Position: 27
Day: Saturday at 1:30
Weekend One Only

Thoughts: I appreciate their bio, which simply says "Listen to Naked Giants today."  I respect the lack of exclamation point.  They are a three-piece from Seattle, and Rolling Stone gave them props last year for a SXSW appearance.  

One album 2018's SLUFF and a 2016 EP called R.I.P.  Their label bio (quite a bit more verbose than the Spotify one referenced above) says that the SLUFF album title: "is either slang for the black gunk that comes off your shoes when it snows in the winter, an acronym that stands for South Lake Union Fuck Face (a reference to the tech bros who have infiltrated Seattle in recent years) or what a snake does when it sheds its skin."  Well, allrighty then.  That bio also notes that they have been serving as Car Seat Headrest's backing band, and since I love that band, then this is going to be up my alley.

Early singles bounce around in style.  "Easy Eating" from 2016, has a pogo-ing surf rock punk vibe.  "Pyraminds," also from 2016, is more post-punk and blazing rock.  The most streamed tune is from the 2016 EP, called "Twist," with 206k streams.

Live in studio version, but you'll get the power and energy.  Dig that stuff - all three instruments do something sweet during the breakdown, and it makes me want to bounce off other people and shimmy around.  
The new album generally keeps in the same lane, brash rock and roll.  The most streamed so far is called "Everybody Thinks They Know (But No One Really Knows)."  73k streams.

This one adds a little pop bubblegum and surf strumming to the mix.  Makes me think of FIDLAR.  Another standout from this album is "TV," a 6:30 long freakout fest, and "SLUFF," a grunge-tinged holler-along.

Hey man, this is fun stuff.  Not going to cure cancer or anything, but I can see going early to see these guys shred a stage at noon on Friday.