Please welcome London, UK’s More Kicks to the Dirtnap roster!

London three-piece More Kicks return to the fray with a brand new 7” single ‘Animal’, co-released on Dirtnap Records (USA) and Stardumb Records (EU)!

Slinky, beefy and interminably catchy, ‘Animal’ is the first single from the band’s second record ‘Punch Drunk’, also out on Dirtnap and Stardumb in September 2022.

The 7” features two exclusive new B-sides ‘The Wind Up’ (think ‘White Light White Heat’ fed through a meat processor) and ‘Ten Miles High’ (Alex Chilton strolling across Abbey Road) and is out 5 August on both black and blue-green vinyl.

This Animal is a monster. Grab it before it’s gone!

This is a split release between Dirtnap (North America) and Stardumb (UK/Europe) Dirtnap will have 80 copies of the mailorder-exclusive blue-green vinyl. Preorder yours HERE.

Scrunchies “Feral Coast” out now!

Stream on Spotify

Stream on Apple Music

Stream/Download on Bandcamp LP

Preorder LP (out Summer 2022)

Scrunchies is a Minneapolis, MN-based rock band formed by Laura Larson (she/her; guitar, vocals) and Danielle Cusack (she/her; drums, vocals). Larson earned notoriety early on, leading brash punk band Baby Guts. She is also currently a member of seminal dance-punk drums and bass trio, Kitten Forever.  Cusack, raised by veterans of the 70s NYC art and music scene, also came to prominence in the Twin Cities music scene as a teenager with her indie grunge rock band, Bruise Violet.

Larson and Cusack began Scrunchies after mutual admiration of each others’ bands as well as a short stint together in a Buzzcocks cover band called Buzzcunts (with Clara Sayler of Babes in Toyland). Both are passionate about encouraging young women and queers to find empowerment in playing music and embracing a DIY ethos.

In 2018, with Stephanie Jo Murck on guitar and Bree Meyer on bass, Scrumchies exploded onto the Twin Cities music scene as a supergroup with their debut album, Stunner (Forged Artifacts Records). A set of heavy and melodic rock scorchers tinged with moments of sweetness, Stunner earned Scrunchies a spot on City Pages’ Picked to Click and Best Rock Band, as well as in the lineup of First Avenue’s Best New Bands.

After a year of touring the U.S., and with Murck and Meyer shifting their focus to their other projects in  late 2019, Larson and Cusack were joined by bassist Matt Castore of legendary hardcore punk band Condominium. Castore, who recorded Stunner,  is a renowned music engineer and is currently developing a collective recording studio in the Twin Cities titled A Harder Commune.

Scrunchies brings an energetic live set, recalling the messy and cathartic energy of late 80s grunge, punk, and post-punk bands. Their forthcoming sophomore album, Feral Coast, continues their consciousness of the intersection of personal and political, pushing the edges of the soft and the heavy, with intimate yet surrealistic lyrics and melodic hooks. It is due out in early 2022 through Dirtnap Records (LP) and State Champion Records (limited edition cassette).

FFO Mannequin Pussy, Sleater-Kinney, The Distillers, Screaming Females, The Jesus Lizard.

At long last, here is the lineup announcement for the Dirtnap 22 Year Anniversary Fest! Please note that tickets are NOT yet on sale. Tickets should go up in a week or so, with the first week’s sales reserved for people who bought passes to the cancelled 2020 event. Tickets to the general public will go on sale a week after that. Get excited, I know we are!