Shutups | Self Doubt

Shutups are a 4-piece band of anti-establishment California indie punks with a vested interest in capitalism’s implosion, whose new album I can’t eat nearly as much as I want to vomit presents a very human expression of reality in spite of what is, overwhelmingly, a bad time for humans–– a seething, technicolor alternative rock sound that’s both intimate and infuriated.

The entire band besides their drummer originate from Livermore, CA – the furthest suburb that can still be technically be counted as part of the Bay Area – and you can feel the sneering resentment they have for the tech-bro vultures who have slowly taken over the bay in nearly every song the band releases, especially on tracks like “Shit Opus” from the Seven EP. But the political undertones of their songs are never hamfisted or overly self-serious, always undercutting their most furious and pointed lyrics with an impish smirk and a wry sense of humor.

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