The Sidekicks Discuss New Album; Reveal New Guitarist And Hint At Australian Tour

Ohio band The Sidekicks will release their new album Runners In The Nerved World on January 20, 2015. Australian podcast Jackknife caught up with the band’s singer/guitarist Steve Ciolek to get the inside word on the album.

“It sounds like the most complete and well executed of all our albums… Awkward Breeds was about capturing us live in the studio, whereas with this album we were totally committed to making every single piece sound as good as it possibly could.”

Now signed to Epitaph Records, the band were afforded the luxury of working with producer Phil Ek (Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, Built to Spill) over six weeks in a Seattle studio, and it shows, particularly in the vocal department.

“The vocals were the most important part of this record… We wanted to make it like a pop record. That’s how all those old 70s pop records are. The vocals are way up front. You can hear exactly what they’re singing and exactly what the harmony is.”

Ciolek also reveals the band’s new guitarist, discusses how his relationship with Epitaph Records grew through his involvement with his other band Saintseneca, and hints at an Australian tour for September 2015.