Smoking Data Guns, Kevin Nichols, blueberry, Siam Jem

Smoking Data Guns, Kevin Nichols, blueberry, Siam Jem on Friday, April 4 at The Wayfarer in Costa Mesa, CA!

Since 2018, indie rockers Smoking Data Guns have truly embodied what it means to create something for its own sake. Not that they can’t or won’t perform - in fact, you may have seen them on tour with artists like AJJ, Joyce Manor, and Pool Kids. But where some musicians write to perform, Smoking Data Guns is focused on the creation itself, and everything else is a result of that. This attitude has led them to handle all creative operations in-house, including recording and album art. Their DIY approach is best showcased on their most recent and self-defining releases to date, Data, Volume 1 and Data, Volume 2. “Learning to record was sort of like reverse engineering our own writing abilities since it immediately put our songs under the microscope,” explains vocalist/guitarist Zach Miller. “I imagine it will probably always be an ever-moving goalpost when it comes to producing a satisfactory recording, but that is just part of the fun,” he says. “It’ll never be perfect, and that’s okay. There’s always another song to be written.” Data, Volume[s] 1 and 2 are out now.

- Rob Lanterman

Host or Publisher The Wayfarer