June 7 street date. On Pedro The Lion's new album, "Santa Cruz", critically acclaimed musician David Bazan returns with a new chapter in his ambitious and ongoing recording project - 5 albums devoted to places he lived in throughout his life. "Santa Cruz" is Bazan's third album in the series and follows up where 2022's "Havasu" and 2019's "Phoenix" left off. Tracks like "Modesto" and "Little Help" foreshadow Bazan's exposure and ultimate love of classic rock 'n' roll records, while songs like "It'll All Work Out" showcase his unique approach to synthesizers, something he introduced with the 2005 self-titled Headphones album. The stories on "Santa Cruz" highlight Bazan’s teenage years and solidifies what he sees as an exposition in a traditional three-act structure.
June 7 street date. On Pedro The Lion's new album, "Santa Cruz", critically acclaimed musician David Bazan returns with a new chapter in his ambitious and ongoing recording project - 5 albums devoted to places he lived in throughout his life. "Santa Cruz" is Bazan's third album in the series and follows up where 2022's "Havasu" and 2019's "Phoenix" left off. Tracks like "Modesto" and "Little Help" foreshadow Bazan's exposure and ultimate love of classic rock 'n' roll records, while songs like "It'll All Work Out" showcase his unique approach to synthesizers, something he introduced with the 2005 self-titled Headphones album. The stories on "Santa Cruz" highlight Bazan’s teenage years and solidifies what he sees as an exposition in a traditional three-act structure.
June 7 street date. On Pedro The Lion's new album, "Santa Cruz", critically acclaimed musician David Bazan returns with a new chapter in his ambitious and ongoing recording project - 5 albums devoted to places he lived in throughout his life. "Santa Cruz" is Bazan's third album in the series and follows up where 2022's "Havasu" and 2019's "Phoenix" left off. Tracks like "Modesto" and "Little Help" foreshadow Bazan's exposure and ultimate love of classic rock 'n' roll records, while songs like "It'll All Work Out" showcase his unique approach to synthesizers, something he introduced with the 2005 self-titled Headphones album. The stories on "Santa Cruz" highlight Bazan’s teenage years and solidifies what he sees as an exposition in a traditional three-act structure.
November 1 street date. The early 1990s Olympia trio Lync harnessed the same raw energy and passionate discord of the era's San Diego and DC chapters of post-hardcore while building their songs on the foundation of the Pacific Northwest indie rock scene's clever hooks and sophisticated melodies. In celebration of the recent reissue of Lync's sole LP, "These Are Not Fall Colors", singer-songwriter David Bazan has re-envisioned the album opener "B" under his Pedro The Lion moniker, stripping away the celebratory distortion and riotous clamor of the original for a hushed acoustic rendition in line with Bazan's most austere slow-core moments. Paired together as a 7" single, these two versions of "B" highlight the multifaceted power of the original song, with Pedro The Lion's version elevating its fundamental melodic weight, idiosyncratic chord structure, and poetic power, and the original Lync version reminding us how their distinctive brand of expressive dissonance and adrenalized execution transformed their cerebral pop songs into jagged masterpieces of the post-"Nevermind" punk underground.
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