The Battery Electric Release New EP

The Battery Electric have a new EP and return to APYC on June 10th.

Little Eden Sessions, Vol. 1

Asbury Park rock and roll four-piece, The Battery Electric, went into Little Eden Studios to work with Mr. Pete Steinkopf once again and just released some output from those efforts in the form of Little Eden Sessions, Vol. 1.

The five-song EP packages new versions of Got Your Soul tracks "Maybe," "Need Ya," and "Nobody's Fool" between straight-up rock tracks "Ghouls in Heels" and "Shake." Steinkopf manages to bring an openness to The Battery Electric's sound while maintaining some of the rough edges. The set features help on horns from Robert Butkowski (Black Flamingos, Plato Zorba) on trumpet and Anders Carlson (Waiting On Mongo) sax.

The timing of this release lines up nicely with a couple of shows from The Battery Electric later this week. On Thursday, June 8th, the boys head up to Jersey City's Monty Hall for a show with Italian glam punks, Giuda, and Jersey City hometown heroes, Wyldlife. Then, on June 10th, The Battery Electric return home for a show at Asbury Park Yacht Club with Jon Caspi and The First Gun ft. Dez Cadena. That one gets billing as a Punk Rock Bowling afterparty.

Have a listen to Little Eden Sessions, Vol. 1 via Spotify and look for it via your favorite online outlet in the coming days.

Exclusive Premiere: New Single from Corrina, Corrina

"Pratfall"

And our week of premieres continues here at CoolDad Music.

Today, we've got the latest effort from Red Bank pop punks Corrina, Corrina. The boys are almost done with this year at college. Somewhere between keeping up with their studies and playing the occasional show, they found time to head into Pete Steinkopf's Little Eden Studios to record two new tracks. You'll have to wait until early summer to get your hands on the two-song flexi disc from Little Dickman Records, but you can hear "Pratfall" right here, right now.

Just like pretty much their entire year-old debut LP, American Short Stories, "Pratfall" shows Corrina, Corrina to be a band with an ear for what makes a great punk / alt rock song. They're a band that worships at the feet of The Replacements, The Bouncing Souls, The Menzingers, and The Gaslight Anthem; and you can hear all of those influences coming through on "Pratfall." The track is a two-and-a-half minute mix of emotion, aggression, and accessibility that comes together in a way that's kind of just right.

I continue to be impressed that a band with 3 of its 4 members still in their teens can churn out songs with such polish. That's almost unfair to Corrina, Corrina, though. I'd be impressed with this stuff no matter how old they were.

Check out "Pratfall" below and keep your eyes peeled for the release date of the "Pratfall" / "Distance" flexi.

Corrina, Corrina will be back in town to play a free show at Langosta Lounge on May 15th with Sammy Kay.