Perennial - "What's New On the Beat Scene"

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Perennial are a huge favorite of ours at If It's Too Loud..., so we couldn't be more thrilled to bring you their latest single. The Connecticut band have just released "What's New On the Beat Scene," and it continues the newer, more mod focused sound. With this one, the band throw back to their older, more art-punk sound with noisy little flourishes. But, Perennial continue to prove that art rock can be fun, and "What's New On the Beat Scene" is demanding a party to form seconds into hitting play. The song is smart, it's fun, and it's loud. Plus, the song is less than two minutes long, meaning it's over before new listeners can even figure out what is going on.

Perennial says of their latest single:

“'What’s New On The Beat Scene' was really fun because we went in with this very sharp Booker T. & The MGs / Rubber Soul groove and this big hooky chorus and then just started adding and subtracting to see what might fit. We wanted a tight, swinging pop song, but we also wanted to see how psychedelic we could make it — fuzz bass, mellotron, Vox organ through a wah pedal: you name it."

You can watch the video for "What's New On the Beat Scene" below. Modernism is due out September 18 on Ernest Jenning Record Co., and is available for pre-order here. For more on Perennial, check out the band on Instagram. Upcoming tour dates are below the video and include June 24 at Holyoke Media in Holyoke, MA (with Downtown Boys!), July 24 at Nice, a fest in Somerville, MA, and September 19 at Deep Cuts in Medford, MA.


June 24 - Holyoke, MA - Holyoke Media  (w/ Downtown Boys) 
June 25 - Philadelphia, PA - Little Big Planet 
June 26 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Roboto Project 
June 27 - Cleveland, OH - The 5 O’Clock Lounge
June 28 - Chicago, IL - The Lowdown
June 29 - Buffalo, NY - Area 54 
June 30 - Troy, NY - No Fun 
July 24 - Nice A Fest - Somerville, MA (w/ Downtown Boys, Krill, SAD13) 
August 12 - Portland, OR - Turn! Turn! Turn! 
August 13 - Corvallis, OR - Interzone
August 14 - Seattle, WA - Belltown Yacht Club 
August 15 - Anacortes, WA - The Business
August 16 - Bellingham, WA - The Blue Room 
August 17 - Olympia, WA - The Mortuary
September 16 - New Haven, CT - The Space Ballroom 
September 17 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool (w/ Oceanator) 
September 18 - Washington, D.C. - Comet Ping Pong
September 19 - Boston, MA - Deep Cuts  (w/ Sinaloa & Miracle Blood)
October 8 - Oxford, UK - The Library 
October 9 - Brighton, UK
October 10 - Liverpool, UK - Outpost
October 11 - Leeds, UK - Grindhouse
October 13 - Nottingham, UK - JT Soar 
October 14 - Coventry, UK - Just Dropped In 
October 15 - Manchester, UK - The Modernist 
October 16 - London, UK - The Cavendish Arms 

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