Peach Pit.” title=”BLOWOUT Pound Pit > Peach Pit.” width=”500″ height=”334″>BLOWOUT’S DEBUT full-length, No Beer, No Dad, tells downcast stories of young punks coping with the isolation of early adulthood. But first, the album begins with a recording of the Portland punk four-piece shotgunning beers.
Then you hear bassist/vocalist Laken Wright let out a carefree laugh as she and her bandmates collectively ponder the coldness and wetness of beer, before the recording segues into the pop-punk anthem “Cents Cents Money Money.” As part of the song’s hook, Wright screams, “Maybe I’ll get a job someday/Maybe I’ll find the words to say.” She’s then joined by gang vocals and an eruption of cataclysmic drums. Throughout No Beer, No Dad, Blowout masters this balance between communal catharsis and deep-seated sadness.
“It’s a very personal-feeling record,” Wright says. “I think it’s a celebratory, sad depiction of us spending time together.”
In 2014 Blowout released the stellar five-song EP We All Float Down Here as a three-piece of Wright, Travis King (guitar), and Nick Everett (drums), the only member who’s been on a national tour before, with Christian punk band Noggin Toboggan.
