West Coast Yacht Punks Bandaid Brigade Share “Perfect” New Single

Bandaid Brigade is a collaboration between musicians Zach Quinn (Pears) and Brian Wahlstrom (Scorpios / Gods of Mount Olympus). Dubbing themselves “Yacht Punks”, the band produce music with powerful choruses and soaring melodies, injected with eighties synths, plaintive punk guitars and self-deprecating but poignantly poetic lyrics. Serving as an outlet for all the music that both Quinn and Wahlstrom personally enjoy such as Billy Joel and Elton John, Bandaid Brigade is a refreshing project for both musicians to experiment without the constraints of their affiliations. 

As their second studio album inches into sight, Bandaid Brigade have released a fresh taster of what to expect with their new single, Perfect. The track is the latest sneak-peak into the band’s forthcoming second album, Sex Is Terrifying, that is due out on the 26th August via Xtra Mile Recordings. Perfect is a stomping, glam-rock tinted, feel-good anthem just ripe for the summer. It comes hot on the heels of carefree recent singles Abacus and Hit The Buck.  

A Perfect track born from a less-than-perfect start to the recording of their new album, Brian Wahlstrom remembers of writing the single: “Luckily, due to our miscommunication skills, we accidentally showed up two days early in New Orleans to record the album. We all of a sudden had a few days off to ‘get acclimated’ to the city, and write a few more songs in Zach’s living room. Rucker had this one in his back pocket, it was perfect.”

The new music today also arrives with the announcement of UK live dates, with Bandaid Brigade due to hit the road for a string of UK shows the week after the release of Sex Is Terrifying. Also appearing at Frank Turner’s Lost Evenings, the band will be supporting labelmates Skinny Lister at a number of shows across the EU too.