Beach Riot Reveal Debut Album Details & Release New Single & Video ‘Wraith’

Brighton fuzz pop quartet Beach Riot have announced the details of their forthcoming debut album, Subatomic Party Cool, that is set for release on the 17th September via Alcopop! Records. To celebrate the news, the band have also revealed a video for their new single, Wraith. The track is the latest to be taken from the album, following on from previous singles Wrong Impression, Blush and Sofa Surfer, which have seen the band steadily building momentum over the past year. Beach Riot have also announced that tickets for their rescheduled 2021 UK album tour are now on sale.

“Jonny hits the hi hats so fast on this one that his hands are actually playing 5 seconds in the future compared to the rest of his body. Also it’s a song about your life force being slowly drained away in a fading relationship and there’s nothing you can do about it but watch and brace yourself.”

Subatomic Party Cool was recorded in 2020 and produced by Ally Jowett at his home studio in Brighton, with matters complicated somewhat by the recent global pandemic. “We’d heard a track Ally had worked on with another band and we immediately just said ‘that’s the guy!’,” says bassist Jim of working with the producer. “Rory and Cami would visit Ally at home where he has a newly built studio. We were mid pandemic so I missed out on studio fun times and blasted my bass takes out in the midnight hours at home. All my backing vocals were recorded in a shed. Or to be more precise, Rory’s coffee shack where he works!”

So far making their name with a particular brand of fuzzed up pop rock, Subatomic Party Cool sees heavier and more disparate elements creeping in at the edges, something that guitarist and vocalist Rory attributes mostly to production decisions, as he explains: “I definitely wanted to move away from just big old crashing cymbals over a rock riff. I’m obsessed with a fuzzy chunky monster riff juxtaposed with a pop tambourine instead of cymbals, and some repetitive school playground melody.” When it comes to subject matter, Jim’s songwriting springs mostly from a well of notes of encouragement and consolation “addressed to myself and anyone else who finds themselves in the same boat of life’s woes.”

You can check out the Wraith video here and stream the track here. Subatomic Party Cool can be pre-ordered via Alcopop! Records and tour tickets can be purchased here