Perennial - "Ready! Steady! Go!"

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Perennial are one of my favorite bands, but, like many of the bands I adore, they're an acquired taste. That being said, their latest single could be the one that wins them over a larger, more mainstream audience. "Ready! Steady! Go!" still has everything we love from Perennial. It's a two minute burst of art punk, but more of the lighter version of the genre. They're leaning very heavily into their mod inspirations, and this one has a bit of a The Kinks go garage rock sound. Perennial have been one of my favorite live bands for the past few years, and "Ready! Steady! Go!" is their first recorded song that (almost) catches the fun of their live show.

Chad Jewitt (guitar, vocals) says of the band's latest single:

“'Ready! Steady! Go!' Is us having an absolute blast in the studio; probably both our most POP song and our most psychedelic too. We definitely had mid/late-60s Motown in mind with the vibraphones and electric organ and fuzz bass groove, then by the end you have a backwards guitar solo and wah-wah pedals showing up.” 

You can watch the video for "Ready! Steady! Go!" 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 Facebook and Instagram. Upcoming tour dates are below the video and include September 29 at Deep Cuts in Medford, MA.


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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