Molly Horses Release Debut Single “Beatty”

Los Angeles noise-punks Molly Horses have announced themselves in vibrantly seething fashion with their debut single, Beatty, that is now available via streaming platforms and as a name your price download through Bandcamp. The track arrives as a punishing and jagged four-on-the-floor march sandwiched between walls of harsh noise jumpscares. Vignettes of auto maintenance mishaps, teen labor, frozen treats and the discomfort of aging come together to illustrate an anxiety that the future might be a little too certain. While Beatty carries the influential echoes of Molly Horses‘ beloved post-punk forebearers, it also channels the raw urgency and chaos of four people transplanted from small town living and into the beating heart of the City of Angels.

Molly Horses formed earlier this year when members of east coast bands FonFon Ru and Ted Leo & The Pharmacists converged in LA as day jobs drew them to the land of film. Beatty is an uncompromising and fitting first outing for the troupe; replete with a raw sonic attack and wry lyrics taking aim at vocalist & guitarist Harry James‘ claustrophobic Maine life that was left in the dust on their trail west. A sentiment encapsulated in their delivery of the lines “This town is eating me it’s eaten you and it’s eaten him and I think it’s starting to get to the bottom of me. Maybe I’ll get a job at the Dairy Queen. There will always be a job at the dairy queen.” 

A DIY mindset runs central to the band’s process and allows them to take complete creative control of their destiny. Beatty, and the album that will follow it, was written, recorded, mixed, and mastered at home. If it sounds like a surprisingly polished debut, we can thank the band-member’s backgrounds in film audio engineering for that. Work continues behind-the-scenes on Molly Horses first full-length release, but fans of Beatty should stay tuned for another single early next year along with more news on their debut album.