{"id":28061,"date":"2018-01-30T17:15:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T22:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28061"},"modified":"2019-06-02T19:38:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T23:38:37","slug":"russian-baths-share-new-single-whats-basement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28061","title":{"rendered":"Russian Baths share new single &#8216;What&#8217;s Your Basement&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brooklyn-based noise-rockers Russian Baths have shared <em>What&#8217;s Your Basement<\/em>, the second single lifted from their forthcoming, debut EP, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/penance-ep\/1331936058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penance&#8217;<\/a>. The EP is out February 23rd and is the fourth release from Good Eye Records. Take a listen to the track via Soundcloud below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/390704910&amp;color=%23969595&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Intertwining feedback and harmony with equal significance, Russian Baths paint in searing strokes finding beauty in towering, looming, incendiary noise-rock. Comprised of Luke Koz (guitar, vox), Jess Rees (guitar, keys, vox) and joined by Evan Gill Smith (bass) and Jeff Widner (drums), the band has been honing their craft and chemistry since initially storming listeners with their split single, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/russianbaths.bandcamp.com\/album\/ambulance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ambulance \/ Ghost<\/a>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p>Incorporating dissonance into traditional song structures, Penance&#8217;s aesthetic recalls Big Black&#8217;s caustic fits, &#8217;70s space rock, Chapel Hill&#8217;s noise pop, Big Muff driven grunge, and the angular arrangements of British post-punk. The breadth of Russian Bath&#8217;s scope in sound is marked by the distance and cohesion between singles in the furious, driving <a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/2018\/01\/19\/russian-baths-share-new-single-slenderman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Slenderman<\/em><\/a> and the elegant thunderstorm that is <em>Poolhouse<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-28063 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Russian-Baths-Penance-artwork-1.jpg?resize=358%2C358\" alt=\"Russian Baths Penance cover\" width=\"358\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Russian-Baths-Penance-artwork-1.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Russian-Baths-Penance-artwork-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Russian-Baths-Penance-artwork-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Russian-Baths-Penance-artwork-1.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Russian-Baths-Penance-artwork-1.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Russian-Baths-Penance-artwork-1.jpg?resize=624%2C624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Russian-Baths-Penance-artwork-1.jpg?resize=176%2C176&amp;ssl=1 176w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Russian-Baths-Penance-artwork-1.jpg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Penance&#8217; tracklist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>01: Slenderman<br \/>\n02: What&#8217;s Your Basement<br \/>\n03: Poolhouse<br \/>\n04: Black Cross<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Tour dates<\/h3>\n<p>2\/22: The Saint &#8211; Asbury Park, NJ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Brooklyn-based noise-rockers Russian Baths have shared What&#8217;s Your Basement, the second single lifted from their forthcoming, debut EP, &#8216;Penance&#8217;. The EP is out February 23rd <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28061\" title=\"Russian Baths share new single &#8216;What&#8217;s Your Basement&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28062,"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":[22,23,28,30],"tags":[438,7089,7087,7143],"class_list":["post-28061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","tag-ep","tag-penance","tag-russian-baths","tag-whats-your-basement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/170727_RussianBaths_0367-1-1.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-7iB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27887,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27887","url_meta":{"origin":28061,"position":0},"title":"Russian Baths share new single &#8216;Slenderman&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"January 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Brooklyn-based rockers Russian Baths have shared Slenderman, the first single lifted off of their forthcoming debut EP, 'Penance,' out 2\/23 via Good Eye Records\u00a0(pre-order). Slenderman starts with a pulsing drum beat and sugar sweet vocals, but quickly explodes into a beautiful wall of noise and distortion - if the rest\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;indie&quot;","block_context":{"text":"indie","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?cat=23"},"img":{"alt_text":"Russian Baths","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Russian-Baths.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Russian-Baths.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Russian-Baths.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Russian-Baths.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30496,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30496","url_meta":{"origin":28061,"position":1},"title":"Russian Baths share animated video for &#8216;Slenderman&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Brooklyn-based band\u00a0Russian Baths\u00a0have shared their new video for the single Slenderman, which was animated by\u00a0Sarah Ver Hoeve. 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Watch the video via YouTube below. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=73BSedkXg4U The video comes in advance of Russian Baths' upcoming official showcases at the New Colossus Festival in NYC\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;live&quot;","block_context":{"text":"live","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?cat=25"},"img":{"alt_text":"Russian Baths","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/170727_RussianBaths_0367-2.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/170727_RussianBaths_0367-2.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/170727_RussianBaths_0367-2.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/170727_RussianBaths_0367-2.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28244,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28244","url_meta":{"origin":28061,"position":2},"title":"Russian Baths share new single &#8216;Poolhouse&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"February 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Brooklyn-based noise-rockers Russian Baths have shared Poolhouse, the third and final single off of their debut EP, 'Penance', which will be out\u00a0February 23rd via Good Eye Records\u00a0(pre-order). 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