Back in late-2019 Taylor Hollingsworth, Wes McDonald, Will Stewart, Eric Wallace, and Chris McCauley collided in Birmingham, Alabama’s Ol’ Elegante recording studio and wrote an album in three sessions. Their self-titled debut, The Blips, struck lightning when Little Steven’s Underground Garage declared “Inside Out” The Coolest Song In The World in the spring of 2021.
And here we are with The Blips Again. Back with more boogie, beast and beauty. This band swaggers like The Stones, haggards like Merle, and snots like Mike Ness. Again carries you on a not-too-long trip through a varied landscape of far out, well made and dusty rock songs that stick to your black boots and go with you when you go. The Blips Again will be available on vinyl, CD and streaming & digital platforms on November 17th via Cornelius Chapel Records.
While there are four different lead singers and writers throughout this album, it is apparent Again is executed by a band, rather than disparate musicians playing along on a track in a cold studio. A band that sweats.
The Blips haven’t “grown” or “matured” with their “sophomore effort” —These ideas don’t apply to the Blips. The band is wholly made up of veteran front men of some of the most revered bands of the Birmingham rock scene. Making records is what all of these guys do on the regular. Once upon a time, The Blips came together, rose above, braved the elements, forced the issue, carried the weight and dealt with the demons that require the making of a record. And now they have done it . . . Again.
Today Glide is offering an exclusive premiere of the standout track “She Still Shouts,” an exercise in punk-inflected rock and roll that is a highly melodic throwback. We get that garage rock grit alongside a sensibility that displays this group’s musical maturity when it comes to crafting songs that resonate well beyond their immediate orbit. Crashing back to earth just past the two-minute mark, the tune is either the perfect introduction to The Blips for someone craving their next favorite rock and roll band, or further proof of this band’s evolving talent.
Chris McCauley describes the inspiration and process behind the song:
“This tune definitely features some of our loudest guitar playing — lots of brash and chaotic moments. The first time we played the song we knew this was going to be a good one. It rips on ten from beginning to end.”
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