New EP: Saint Shivers || III
Garage punk meets Americana soul
Saint Shivers is a versatile garage rock trio from Long Beach, California, featuring Kelsey Landazuri (guitar, vocals), Albert Rodriguez (bass) and Grant Contreras (drums, vocals). On III, their third six-track EP in five years, you’ll hear an original and exciting fusion of folk heart and punk heat, varying in tempo and intensity. Listen to catchy opening tune Sweet Misfortune and warm ballad Marie, the two standout songs here, and you hear two extremes that both hit the mark.
The appealing lyrics orbit around emotional unraveling, lost love, a need for meaning, change and displacement, with a tension between vulnerability and defiance—often told through surreal, poetic imagery: “I got the devil on my shoulder // I feel this world is growing older // You say these thoughts are going nowhere // I say they’ll last a lifetime.” Add distorted riffs, bluesy basslines, hazy vocals, and a dose of 70s swagger, and you’ll understand that this is right up our alley.
The III EP, produced by Cooper Nash, is out now digitally through Selenite Records.
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