Austin, Texas quartet Gentlemen Rogues celebrate aggressive guitar pop anthems — bearing the influences of Superchunk, The Replacements, Superdrag, and similar visionaries — and have been gaining momentum and increased attention. Since their debut in 2011, the band — Danny Dunlap (guitar/vocals), Josh Power (drums), Dave Hawkins (bass, vocals), and John Christoffel (guitar) — have honed their hooks over numerous singles, EPs, and the 2022 full-length collection, A History of Fatalism. Springsteen sideman Steven van Zandt hand-picked their single “Do the Resurrection!” as the “Coolest Song in the World” on his SiriusXM radio show, Little Steven’s Underground Garage. Garnering heavy airplay, listeners worldwide agreed, voting “Do the Resurrection!” as one of the top ten “Coolest Songs of 2021.”
Gentlemen Rogues have supported diverse acts like Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, the Lemonheads, Smoking Popes, Ultimate Fakebook, Dandy Warhols, Kate Clover, and Riverboat Gamblers on stages across the U.S. and the UK. In recent years Gentlemen Rogues opened for indie-punk icons Superchunk and Bob Mould, who personally selected the band to provide sole support on the Texas leg of his Distortion and Blue Hearts tour.
Surface Noise, a new LP of well-turned guitar pop, complete with roaring chords and propulsive rhythms behind Dunlap’s clever and cultured lyrics, was co-released by Double Helix Records & Shifting Sounds.
Today, Glide is offering an exclusive premiere of not one but two tracks with “Half Empty, Half Fool” and a b-side cover of T-Rex’s “Children of The Revolution.” Starting with “Half Empty, Half Fool,” we get a vibrant and swinging punk-inflected rocker that balances defiant and catchy lyrics and vocals with big riffag and drum breakdowns to make for the kind of soaring anthem that has absolute staying power. Their cover of T-Rex is a stomping ode to glam rock greatness performed with down and dirty abandon, doing justice to the original while also injecting it with fresh life.
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