After two critically acclaimed albums of hooky and emotional power pop, Ryan Allen (ex-Thunderbirds Are Now!, current co-frontman of Destroy This Place) is releasing his third solo album via Save Your Generation Records on September 30th. The latest under his Ryan Allen & His Extra Arms moniker, ‘Basement Punk’ finds Allen once again doing what he does best, writing tunes that are both wistful and clever, nodding to a certain style of fuzzy jangle-pop that brings to mind 90s faves like the Lemonheads, Sugar and Teenage Fanclub.
Punktastic is premiering Alex Whiz, the first track to be released from ‘Basement Punk’ and you can preorder the album via bandcamp before it’s release date on September 30th, 2016.
Ryan on the writing process of Alex Whiz: “I really wanted to do something that combined my love of Slowdive with my natural tendency to write a succinct pop song, and I think I pulled it off. I added some woozy synths to the song, and the major 7th C chord thrown in during the verses and bridge helps give it that slightly off-kilter vibe that I was going for.”
The “Basement Punk” release show will be held at The New Way Bar in Ferndale, MI with Lawnmower and Fawnn opening things up.
