Bad Suns at Amoeba Hollywood

Name: Bad Suns at Amoeba Hollywood
Start: 2025-08-14T17:00:00-07:00
Location: Amoeba Hollywood

Schedule

Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 at 05:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Amoeba Hollywood | Hollywood, CA

Bad Suns celebrate their new album, "Accelerator" (Epitaph Records), with a live set and album signing at Amoeba Hollywood Thursday, August 14th at 5pm!
** Show is free/all-ages.
** To attend the signing, purchase "Accelerator" in person at Amoeba Hollywood starting Friday, August 8th. No online or phone orders.

With purchase of "Accelerator" at Amoeba Hollywood, you'll receive a hard ticket for one person to attend the signing on 8/14 (while supplies last).
- Space is limited.
- Max 2 albums per person for the signing.
- No outside or additional items for signing.
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Bad Suns are embracing everything that’s possible on their joyous fifth album, "Accelerator." Together since 2012, Christo Bowman (vocals/guitar), Gavin Bennett (bass) and Miles Morris (drums) started playing as teenagers and went viral almost immediately with their magnetic blend of indie-rock and ‘80s synth sheen. After four hit albums, the trio reached a point where they needed to recalibrate and recenter if they wanted to continue. Recording their exuberant 2023 EP "Infinite Joy" was a cleansing experience that set them on a thrilling path forward into making Accelerator, which comprises 12 new tracks brimming with dance-pop hooks and poignant lessons learned.
In planning their latest project, the band reconnected with their go-to producer Eric Palmquist (Tate McRae, Half Alive), who also helmed their 2014 debut "Language & Perspective," plus follow-ups "Disappear Here" (2016) and "Apocalypse Whenever" (2022). Going into recording "Accelerator," Eric encouraged Bad Suns to channel their sense of renewal into an energetic sonic direction they’d tapped into before, but never quite to this extent. “One of the first times we sat down with Eric, we were talking about what we'd all been vibing with. He said point blank, ‘It would be really cool to mess around with some ‘90s house-inspired music. Right away, the light bulb went off for me. I'd wanted to push in that direction forever.”
The hook-packed gem “Slow Karma” acts as Christo’s mission statement for "Accelerator." An intimate and cathartic track, the album opener finds Christo at a personal and professional crossroads as he confronts old habits and makes the decision to become sober. As Bad Suns move into their new era, one filled with exciting personal and professional milestones, they’ve never been more harmoniously aligned. “While making this album, I turned 30, I got married, I found out I was having a kid. Going to the studio every day and being in the room with the guys, I had this sense that I'm going to look back and know that was probably one of the best times of my life.”