First, the basics: Strange Wilds formedin Olympia, WA in 2012. The band grew out of the fertile Pacific-Northwest punkscene, with members from Negative Press, Outlook, Wreck, and a bunch of otherpunk/hardcore bands of the last few years. Sometime in 2014, the band settledinto the classic, economical, power-trio configuration of bass, drums, and asingle guitar, and recorded “Standing,” their second release (their first beingthe four-song Wet 7” on InimicalRecords). 

Now, about this record: “Standing” is a taut,churning slice of Northwest punk fit for the ages. Its B-sides, “Gator Cough”and “Never Warm”, are, respectively, a fist-banging slammer and a slow-burnrumination on low feelings. Strange Wilds’ music is soaked in the deadpan gloomendemic to their home region. And yet it is not music to wallow to. Tense,quick and tight, Strange Wilds make anthems for the anxious. Shards of Bleach-era Nirvana, splinters of JesusLizard, even a little Born Against.

This single was recorded at High CommandStudios in Olympia, WA by Captain Tripps Ballsington (Nudity, Sex Vid, TheTight Bros From Way Back When) in 2014.