New music releases in December often hint at something greater down the line — a leap over the holidays and holidaze to set a tone for what’s to come in the New Year. That certainly seems to be the case with Blushing, the Austin band who eye-rolled everyone’s tightly-wrapped Year in Review recaps and released a sterling new track in “Sour Punch” just before we all tossed up those OOO messages.
The timing allowed for a few paths forward, including a chance to fully immerse ourselves in the swirling dream-pop gem during couch season, and to look forward to the sky-gazing quartet’s sophomore album Possessions, produced by Elliott Frazier of Ringo Deathstarr and due out February 18 via enduring indie label Kanine Records.
A revved-up make-out song about the imbalance of a relationship, “Sour Punch” is the second track off the forthcoming LP, following October’s “Blame,” which featured Miki Berenyi of Lush. Not bad company.
“‘Sour Punch’ originated In the summer of 2019 when our lead guitarist Noe shared an experimental, crunchy chord progression he’d written, unlike any the band had previously explored,” the band tells Under The Radar for last month’s premiere. “He said he was watching the movie Clueless and was inspired to write something he could see being a title track to some ’90s teen rom-com. When the rest of us collaborated with his sketch, a snarky pop melody was infused and the result was a sweet and spiky blend of indie-pop tackling the tale of inequality and independence in a relationship.”
Our relationship with Blushing is just beginning, and hopefully we can give as much as we get. Fire up the Spotify stream or watch the colorful video below, and check out the band’s upcoming spring tour dates before the jump.
Blushing 2022 Live Dates
April 16: Austin TX – Hotel Vegas
April 18: Ft. Worth TX – Main At Southside
April 19: Kansas City, MO – MiniBar
April 20: Denver, CO – Lost Lake Lounge
April 21: Salt Lake City, UT – The DLC
April 22: Seattle, WA – Seagaze Festival
April 23: Portland, OR – TBA
April 24: San Francisco, CA – The Knockout
April 25: Los Angeles, CA – TBA
April 26: San Diego, CA – TBA
April 27: Phoenix, AZ – Linger Lounge
April 28: El Paso, TX – TBA
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