The Ticks Release ‘Rats’ & Announce ‘Creatures Deluxe’ EP

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Nanaimo, BC’s The Ticks are re-releasing Rats, a grungy indie alt-rock epic about the frailties of humanity, specifically the need to alter oneself to fit into a given group. We see this all the time with politicians, business professionals and musicians, and Rats is calling them out. Beginning with a ’90s era chord progression, Rats morphs into a palm mute jam as the vocals chant “You would be no fun / without your guns. You would be no fun / without your drugs.” 

The vocals become coarse and dissonant guitar bends, steady bass, and rhythmic drums fill the chorus, reminiscent of something found on Nirvana‘s Bleach. Soon after, a bright and lead guitar chimes in bringing the track to a close. Rats is currently featured on the Tixtape Vol.2, Creatures, and will be part of the Creatures Deluxe EP, which will contain two new songs, that will be released this August. 

“Creatures is a group of songs we wrote during the pandemic and we have a couple of others that fit the sort of style and theme. We kind of want to flaunt the fact that we have a stockpile of songs so we decided to go for a deluxe album.” (lead singer Kyle Maciejowski)

Rats can be streamed via digital platforms including Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music