Photo Credit: Caleab Noh
Today’s song is “Friendly Fire” by The Shimmies. This is the first single from the band’s latest EP Growing Up Roanoke: Beloved B-Sides. Following up the success of their debut album To All Beloved Enemies, this new album will be a companion to the To All Beloved Enemies recording sessions, featuring four of the 15 songs feverishly recorded during that withering 100+ degree Northern California summer of 2009. The EP will be released this Tuesday, June 28th. With first listen I was emotionally hit with their music. The band has a hauntingly angelic sound with beautiful and powerful rock harmonies. The band will be playing a few shows this July in California (see dates below) and see the band if you’re in the area.
Listen below and for more information check out their official website, MySpace, and Facebook pages. Get their EP now on iTunes.
07/01 Sebastopol, CA @ Aubergine’s w/ w/ Samvega, Little Lost Boys
07/14 Los Angeles, CA @ The Satellite w/ The Delta Mirror
07/16 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar w/ The Delta Mirror