{"id":37632,"date":"2021-12-12T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37632"},"modified":"2021-12-12T07:55:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T12:55:51","slug":"blushing-share-sour-punch-video-announce-west-coast-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37632","title":{"rendered":"Blushing share \u2018Sour Punch\u2019 video + announce west coast tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Blushing\u00a0have returned with <em>Sour Punch<\/em>, the latest single and video lifted from the band\u2019s\u00a0upcoming \u2018Possessions\u2019\u00a0album (due out on\u00a0Kanine Records\u00a0on Feb 18th 2022). <em>Sour Punch<\/em> finds the Austin dreamgazers embracing 90s indiepop and wrapping it in a blanket of the heaving reverberated sounds and hazy vocals that have become the band\u2019s signature. Despite the bright melody and crunchy chord pattern, <em>Sour Punch<\/em> is a spiky and emotional cut that explores inequality and striving for independence in a relationship. Accompanying the single is a DIY visual that pays loving homage to the fun and strange low budget music videos the group grew up watching in the heyday of MTV. Check out the video clip for the track via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p9zCk8mRy8k?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The band also announced April 2022 US tour dates that take the group on a circuit through their home state of Texas, across the great plains, and down the length of the west coast. Confirmed dates and venues are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deathtoslowmusic.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=e6847bf84f654aa593e274a3b&amp;id=1c85e8b808&amp;e=87de5fa2dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>, with additional information to come shortly. Blushing are joined on all dates by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/letting-up-despite-great-faults-share-new-single-corners-pressed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Letting Up Despite Great Faults share new single \u2018Corners Pressed\u2019\">Letting Up Despite Great Faults<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Blushing West Coast tour<\/strong> <strong>dates<\/strong><br>4-16 Austin TX &#8211; Hotel Vegas<br>4-18 Ft. Worth TX &#8211; Main At Southside<br>4-19 Kansas City, MO &#8211; MiniBar<br>4-20 Denver, CO &#8211; TBA<br>4-21 Salt Lake City, UT\u00a0&#8211; The DLC<br>4-22 Seattle, WA &#8211; Seagaze Festival<br>4-23 Portland, OR &#8211; TBA<br>4-24 San Francisco, CA &#8211; The Knockout<br>4-25 Los Angeles, CA &#8211; TBA<br>4-26 San Diego, CA &#8211; TBA<br>4-27 Phoenix, AZ &#8211; Linger Lounge<br>4-28 El Paso, TX &#8211; Love Buzz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sour Punch<\/em> follows the October release of the immersive introductory single <a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/dreamgaze-band-blushing-announce-possessions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Dreamgaze band Blushing announce \u2018Possessions\u2019\">Blame<\/a>, which featured Miki Berenyi\u00a0of shoegaze legends\u00a0Lush. Both of these singles see Blushing reunite with fellow Austinite Elliott Frazier, of\u00a0Ringo Deathstarr, who produced their self-titled debut album (Wallflower Records, 2019) and returns for\u00a0\u2018Possessions\u2019. The final audio sparkle comes courtesy of\u00a0Ride\u2019s Mark Gardener, who mastered the album at his OX4 Studios in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blushing features two husband and wife duos consisting of Michelle Soto (guitar, vocals), Jacob Soto (drums), Christina Carmona (vocals, bass), \u00a0and Noe Carmona (guitar). The band\u2019s roots start in El Paso, TX, where Jacob and Noe grew up as lifelong friends and musical partners. The pair moved to Austin around 2009, meeting their wives there coincidentally at the same bar (Side Bar) and \u201c<em>naturally all four of us became close friends<\/em>.\u201d As Michelle was learning guitar, her natural talent to write music started to emerge, creating vocal melodies and guitar parts in her bedroom. Christina, already a classically trained singer, was recruited by Michelle to lend her vocal talents and soon grabbed a bass, taught herself to play and joined in to help solidify the songs. Soon Jacob and Noe began to notice how much potential this material had so they joined in on a practice session to help flesh out guitar, drums and vocals. From there the husbands never left the group, and Blushing was formed. Their natural chemistry and like-minded musical influences helping to solidify their ongoing writing process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On\u00a0\u2018Possessions\u2019, they present an album of patience and perseverance. This is a record that the band is incredibly proud of and amazed at it\u2019s sheer existence. From the earliest tracking sessions of 2019 through the stop-start of a global pandemic, a production break while Frazier welcomed his second child, and the blackout resulting from the freak Texan winter storm of February 2021, the completion of\u00a0\u2018Possessions\u2019\u00a0has been a true journey of making sense of a changing world. When everything was finally complete, what revealed itself was an album that emerged from new depths, heavier in some ways and lighter in others. Embracing the spectrum of life and relationships while understanding the need for escape, whimsy and that dirty word, pop. The album title \u2018Possessions\u2019 is an observation of the frenetic time in which it was created. A frenzied world possessed through fear or ideals but also with the objects, or possessions so desperately searched for and collected.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/43A2B229-EC81-42BE-8AC0-94F5E06514DF.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/43A2B229-EC81-42BE-8AC0-94F5E06514DF.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024\" alt=\"Blushing Possession cover artwork\" class=\"wp-image-37633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/43A2B229-EC81-42BE-8AC0-94F5E06514DF.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/43A2B229-EC81-42BE-8AC0-94F5E06514DF.jpeg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/43A2B229-EC81-42BE-8AC0-94F5E06514DF.jpeg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/43A2B229-EC81-42BE-8AC0-94F5E06514DF.jpeg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/43A2B229-EC81-42BE-8AC0-94F5E06514DF.jpeg?w=1200 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Possessions\u2019 track listing<\/strong><br>1. Bed<br>2.\u00a0Sour Punch<br>3.\u00a0Blame (Feat. Miki Berenyi)<br>4. Ours<br>5. Surround (With Love)<br>6. Gel<br>7. The Fires<br>8. Possessions<br>9. Waster<br>10. Lost Cat<br>11. Weight<br>12. How It Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Blushing\u00a0have returned with Sour Punch, the latest single and video lifted from the band\u2019s\u00a0upcoming \u2018Possessions\u2019\u00a0album (due out on\u00a0Kanine Records\u00a0on Feb 18th 2022). 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