The rock/hardcore band Scowl from Santa Cruz announced their new album Are We All Angels last month and today returns with their latest work "B.A.B.E".
The track is a mix of unrelenting hardcore and infectious hooks that define the band's unmistakable blend of raw aggression and undeniable catchiness. The release is accompanied by a video featuring BTS footage from their life on the road - a fitting image given Scowl's relentless tour schedule, which has made stages around the world feel like home.
The link to B.A.B.E. is as follows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_mZbGUJRC4
In addition to the release of "B.A.B.E.", Scowl today announces a headline tour through the UK and Europe to support "Are We All Angels". This tour marks the first time that audiences across the continent will have the opportunity to experience the album's tracks in full. Scowl are already known for their explosive performances, which have caused chaos since their first European tour in 2022.
Scowl Live 2025
May 13, 2025 Berlin, Hole44
May 14, 2025 Cologne, Gebäude 9
Produced by Will Yip (Turnstile, Title Fight, Mannequin Pussy, etc.), who also contributed to their last project, the Psychic Dance Routine EP, the toxic and antagonistic band lets their aggression flow through a more expansive version of themselves. The album, set to be released on April 4 via Dead Oceans, was mixed by Rich Costey (Fiona Apple, My Chemical Romance, Vampire Weekend, etc.). An album marked by alienation, grief, and loss of control, it deals with their newly found place in the hardcore scene, a community that has embraced the band in recent years while also making them a kind of lightning rod.
On Are We All Angels, the band explores ambitious new directions at every turn and bends genre norms. Moss makes the most immediately recognizable development by shedding some of the gnarly bite of the band's earlier work in favor of a more structured and sometimes tender approach.
She plays with harmonies and melodic sensitivity that is sure to surprise even the most die-hard Scowl fans. Moss cites a wide range of influences outside of hard rock - everything from Billie Eilish to Radiohead, Car Seat Headrest to Julien Baker.
"Most of us really weren't practiced musicians when the band started," she admits. "It was very 'Germs-esque' in that regard, like the first hardcore band of a baby, which is great. But now we might still not know what we're doing, but we have a better idea of what we want to do." Instrumentally, the band cites influences from Negative Approach, Bad Brains, Hole, Mudhoney, Garbage, Ramones, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Rocket From The Crypt, and others.
Bassist Bailey Lupo notes: "The songwriting for the new record was the most collaborative in Scowl's history. Everyone brought so many ideas, and we were able to analyze them all calmly and take our time. We all have such eclectic tastes, influences, and personalities, and you can really hear that in every corner of this album."
Scowl has quickly established themselves as one of the most dynamic and hardworking bands in the rock scene, extensively touring the USA and internationally with bands like Limp Bizkit, Destroy Boys, The Bronx, Militarie Gun, Show Me The Body, Zulu, Touché Amoré, A Day To Remember, Speed, Sunami, and many others, as well as festival appearances at Coachella, Reading & Leeds, No Values, Outbreak, Primavera, and Sick New World, to name just a few. The band - Malachi Greene (guitar), Bailey Lupo (bass), Cole Gilbert (drums), Mikey Bifolco (guitar), and Kat Moss (vocals) - formed in 2019 and celebrated their breakthrough in 2021 with their debut album "How Flowers Grow". Since then, they have been relentlessly on the rise. With "Psychic Dance Routine" from 2023, Scowl has redefined the boundaries of punk by blending aggressive hardcore with lush alternative melodies.
The track is a mix of unrelenting hardcore and infectious hooks that define the band's unmistakable blend of raw aggression and undeniable catchiness. The release is accompanied by a video featuring BTS footage from their life on the road - a fitting image given Scowl's relentless tour schedule, which has made stages around the world feel like home.
The link to B.A.B.E. is as follows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_mZbGUJRC4
In addition to the release of "B.A.B.E.", Scowl today announces a headline tour through the UK and Europe to support "Are We All Angels". This tour marks the first time that audiences across the continent will have the opportunity to experience the album's tracks in full. Scowl are already known for their explosive performances, which have caused chaos since their first European tour in 2022.
Scowl Live 2025
May 13, 2025 Berlin, Hole44
May 14, 2025 Cologne, Gebäude 9
Produced by Will Yip (Turnstile, Title Fight, Mannequin Pussy, etc.), who also contributed to their last project, the Psychic Dance Routine EP, the toxic and antagonistic band lets their aggression flow through a more expansive version of themselves. The album, set to be released on April 4 via Dead Oceans, was mixed by Rich Costey (Fiona Apple, My Chemical Romance, Vampire Weekend, etc.). An album marked by alienation, grief, and loss of control, it deals with their newly found place in the hardcore scene, a community that has embraced the band in recent years while also making them a kind of lightning rod.
On Are We All Angels, the band explores ambitious new directions at every turn and bends genre norms. Moss makes the most immediately recognizable development by shedding some of the gnarly bite of the band's earlier work in favor of a more structured and sometimes tender approach.
She plays with harmonies and melodic sensitivity that is sure to surprise even the most die-hard Scowl fans. Moss cites a wide range of influences outside of hard rock - everything from Billie Eilish to Radiohead, Car Seat Headrest to Julien Baker.
"Most of us really weren't practiced musicians when the band started," she admits. "It was very 'Germs-esque' in that regard, like the first hardcore band of a baby, which is great. But now we might still not know what we're doing, but we have a better idea of what we want to do." Instrumentally, the band cites influences from Negative Approach, Bad Brains, Hole, Mudhoney, Garbage, Ramones, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Rocket From The Crypt, and others.
Bassist Bailey Lupo notes: "The songwriting for the new record was the most collaborative in Scowl's history. Everyone brought so many ideas, and we were able to analyze them all calmly and take our time. We all have such eclectic tastes, influences, and personalities, and you can really hear that in every corner of this album."
Scowl has quickly established themselves as one of the most dynamic and hardworking bands in the rock scene, extensively touring the USA and internationally with bands like Limp Bizkit, Destroy Boys, The Bronx, Militarie Gun, Show Me The Body, Zulu, Touché Amoré, A Day To Remember, Speed, Sunami, and many others, as well as festival appearances at Coachella, Reading & Leeds, No Values, Outbreak, Primavera, and Sick New World, to name just a few. The band - Malachi Greene (guitar), Bailey Lupo (bass), Cole Gilbert (drums), Mikey Bifolco (guitar), and Kat Moss (vocals) - formed in 2019 and celebrated their breakthrough in 2021 with their debut album "How Flowers Grow". Since then, they have been relentlessly on the rise. With "Psychic Dance Routine" from 2023, Scowl has redefined the boundaries of punk by blending aggressive hardcore with lush alternative melodies.
