Bodega have released a new thrash-punk EP under the name Nodega
NYC band Bodega explores hardcore and punk sounds in new eight-track EP 'Rot In Helvetica', released under alter-ego name Nodega.
BODEGA have released a new EP under the alter-ego name NODEGA. The eight-track release, titled 'Rot In Helvetica', arrives via Chrysalis Records, accompanied by a video for the track 'Quantify'.
The EP sees the NYC quintet exploring a blend of old school hardcore, thrash, skate punk, and melodic indie-rock, with lyrics addressing themes from streaming service control to self-critique and change.
Guitarist and vocalist Ben Hozie explains the project's origins: "Last year BODEGA put out a record called 'Our Brand Could Be Yr Life' which was more or less a concept record about the corporatization of 'indie' rock. While working on that record I revisited a lot of the canonical American indie bands (Dinosaur Jr., Pavement, Hüsker Dü, Sonic Youth, etc.) and was charmed to remember that all of those groups have a very deep connection to the '80-'84 hardcore boom in the U.S."
"I was surprised to realize how much I still adored a lot of the hardcore, skate punk, and thrash records I devoured as a teenager," Hozie continues. "I started to hear hardcore not just as cathartic anti-capitalist folk art but also as the logical extension of 50's rock and roll (i.e. bratty teenage music played fast and loud) and was yearning to thrash towards a state of bratty beatitude. This mini-album was an attempt to liberate the wisdom, stupidity, and joy of the teenage state of mind."
The EP sees the NYC quintet exploring a blend of old school hardcore, thrash, skate punk, and melodic indie-rock, with lyrics addressing themes from streaming service control to self-critique and change.
Guitarist and vocalist Ben Hozie explains the project's origins: "Last year BODEGA put out a record called 'Our Brand Could Be Yr Life' which was more or less a concept record about the corporatization of 'indie' rock. While working on that record I revisited a lot of the canonical American indie bands (Dinosaur Jr., Pavement, Hüsker Dü, Sonic Youth, etc.) and was charmed to remember that all of those groups have a very deep connection to the '80-'84 hardcore boom in the U.S."
"I was surprised to realize how much I still adored a lot of the hardcore, skate punk, and thrash records I devoured as a teenager," Hozie continues. "I started to hear hardcore not just as cathartic anti-capitalist folk art but also as the logical extension of 50's rock and roll (i.e. bratty teenage music played fast and loud) and was yearning to thrash towards a state of bratty beatitude. This mini-album was an attempt to liberate the wisdom, stupidity, and joy of the teenage state of mind."
Their dates in full read:
JULY
23 YES, Manchester, UK
24 Trinity Centre/The Den, Bristol, UK
25 Papillon, Southampton, UK
26 Esquires, Bedford, UK
27 Deer Shed Festival, Thirsk, UK
AUGUST
2 Shacklewell Arms, London, UK
SEPTEMBER
22 MTelus, Montreal, Canada
JULY
23 YES, Manchester, UK
24 Trinity Centre/The Den, Bristol, UK
25 Papillon, Southampton, UK
26 Esquires, Bedford, UK
27 Deer Shed Festival, Thirsk, UK
AUGUST
2 Shacklewell Arms, London, UK
SEPTEMBER
22 MTelus, Montreal, Canada
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