{"id":20736,"date":"2016-03-09T11:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T16:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=20736"},"modified":"2016-03-08T21:26:04","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T02:26:04","slug":"boyfriends-premiere-new-single-i-thought-we-had-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=20736","title":{"rendered":"Boyfriends premiere new single &#8216;I Thought We Had Plans&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle&#8217;s\u00a0Boyfriends\u00a0shared their newest single <em>I Thought We Had Plans<\/em> with Impose last week. The single is lifted\u00a0from the A-side of their upcoming 3-track 7&#8243;, and the song also features Emily Nokes of fellow Seattle group, Tacocat. Take a listen via Soundcloud below.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F247431855&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=d7d7d7\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;This is the sound of your favorite kiwi band from the Flying Nun catalog being channeled through the dorm rooms, patios, shared garage spaces, dives, pop-up party venues, and the bouncing bedroom pop of underground Seattle.<\/em><em>&#8220;<\/em>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Sjimon Gompers, Impose<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what the band had to say\u00a0about\u00a0<em>I Thought We Had Plans.\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;We recorded an 8-song demo at The Vault in Seattle, which is literally located in an old vault in the basement of a Bank of America. Ian Lesage engineered the recordings. The three songs appearing on the 7&#8243; are from\u00a0this session. We were going for a sound combining some of our favorite bands from the late 70&#8217;s and early 80&#8217;s (Talking Heads, Gang of Four, The Cure) with lyrical content regarding themes and issues that are relevant to us now (science fiction, sexual identity, relationship crap).&#8221;<\/em> &#8211;\u00a0Boyfriends<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/fe30c7a76e9ceedd6ebd22a3f\/images\/cdd4828f-95d1-48e3-b695-b060d2a8d781.jpg?resize=222%2C222&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Boyfriends I Thought We Had Plans 7&quot; cover\" width=\"222\" height=\"222\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>I Thought We Had Plans <\/strong>7&#8243;<br \/>\n<strong><em>Gold Van Records<br \/>\nDigital | Vinyl<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n1. I Thought We Had Plans<br \/>\n2. Groovy<br \/>\n3. Pleasures<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full interview with Boyfriends over at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/parachutepublicity.us1.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=fe30c7a76e9ceedd6ebd22a3f&amp;id=5619b9d478&amp;e=53fff058cd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Impose<\/a>, and be sure to catch them on tour this month with\u00a0Mommy Long Legs\u00a0and with\u00a0Tacocat\u00a0in April.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tour dates:<\/strong><br \/>\n3\/11 &#8211; Portland @ the High Watermark<br \/>\n3\/12 &#8211; Eugene @ the Wandering Goat<br \/>\n3\/13 &#8211; Arcata @ Richard&#8217;s Goat<br \/>\n3\/14 &#8211; Oakland @ Crate<br \/>\n3\/15 &#8211; Los Angeles @ Pehrspace<br \/>\n3\/16 &#8211; Los Angeles @ Ham+Eggs<br \/>\n3\/18 &#8211; Tucson @ Club Congress<br \/>\n3\/19 &#8211; Phoenix @ Trunk Space<br \/>\n3\/20 &#8211; Flagstaff @ TUF(TUFNAU)<br \/>\n3\/22 &#8211; Denver @ Orange Grove<br \/>\n3\/23 &#8211; SLC @ Diabolical Records<br \/>\n3\/24 &#8211; Boise @ the Watercooler (Treefort Music Fest)<br \/>\n3\/25 &#8211; Spokane @ Neato Burrito<br \/>\n04\/12 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge\u00a0w\/ Tacocat<br \/>\n04\/14 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs\u00a0\u00a0w\/ Tacocat<br \/>\n04\/16 Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong\u00a0\u00a0w\/ Tacocat<br \/>\n04\/19 Durham, NC @ Pinhook\u00a0\u00a0w\/ Tacocat<br \/>\n04\/20 Atlanta, GA @ 529\u00a0\u00a0w\/ Tacocat<br \/>\n04\/21 Nashville, TN @ Stone Fox\u00a0\u00a0w\/ Tacocat<br \/>\n04\/22 St Louis, MO @ Billiken Club\u00a0\u00a0w\/ Tacocat<br \/>\n04\/24 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge\u00a0\u00a0w\/ Tacocat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Seattle&#8217;s\u00a0Boyfriends\u00a0shared their newest single I Thought We Had Plans with Impose last week. The single is lifted\u00a0from the A-side of their upcoming 3-track 7&#8243;, and <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=20736\" title=\"Boyfriends premiere new single &#8216;I Thought We Had Plans&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,25,28,30,1907],"tags":[4457,4463,4459,4464,1245],"class_list":["post-20736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","tag-boyfriends","tag-gold-van-records","tag-i-thought-had-plans","tag-impose","tag-tour-dates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b74be4e9-3124-4eac-8a73-fc2b83fba9b1-2.jpg?fit=800%2C799&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-5os","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21247,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=21247","url_meta":{"origin":20736,"position":0},"title":"Boyfriends release &#8216;Pleasures&#8217; from new 7&#8243;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"April 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Seattle feminist-punk band\u00a0Boyfriends\u00a0have released Pleasures, which is the third and final single lifted from their new 7\" (out now via Gold Van Records). \"This single is sweet, bombastic and serious - highlighting that gender is over, if you want it.\"\u00a0-\u00a0Lauren Rearick, the Grey Estates. 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