Steel Wool Release Self-Titled Debut EP

Rising Los Angeles shoegazers Steel Wool will share their self-titled debut EP (cassette and digital) via independent LA label Bug Body.

Born out of their drummer Evan’s bedroom studio, Steel Wool has been making waves across the southland with plenty of local radio love including shoutouts from KCRW and a live session at KXLU. The group, consisting of Sean Lissner (guitar/singing), Jaden Amjadi (bass/screaming), Sam Schlesinger (guitar), and Evan Landi (drums) have developed a reputation for their boisterous live shows in garages, backyards, and DIY haunts of all stripes.


Their eponymous debut finds the dream-pop upstarts pushing the edges of the otherworldly, fuzzed-out sounds that inspired them. A reverb-drenched ode to wasting away, “Fading” builds a hazy, atmospheric soundscape of modulation before erupting into an onslaught of feedback and noise. Meanwhile, tracks like “Another Sunday” and “Tired Movements” revel in the subdued yet restless tension between Lissner’s pining vocals and the band’s ruminative instrumental concoctions. On “Heaven or La Brea,” the band lets go of their restraints, and crescendos from a bursting-at-the-seams indie-rock anthem to a blistering collage of distortion. The “Fading” and “Eyes Closed” singles are both out now - https://steelwoolmusicband.bandcamp.com/album/steel-wool.


Artist Statement on the 'Steel Wool' EP:
“Steel Wool is a collision of sound experiments wearing the borrowed work uniform of rock music. With a DIY punk bassist, a college indie pop guitarist, a metalhead drummer, and a singer-songwriter up-front, the band has always been more of a sonic game of tug-of-war than a regiment in lockstep. Stepping outside these orthogonal backgrounds in search of common ground, we’ve ended up somewhere that isn’t quite home turf for any of us. The EP is a first step in five directions, sidling towards shoegaze, jangle pop, screamo, folk, and something else we can’t quite figure out a name for. With this record, we’ve crystallized the collaborative efforts of four new friends and bandmates, staking our flag in land we’re still yet to entirely survey.” – Steel Wool