Walking Bombs is the ever fluid solo project of vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Morgan Y. Evans. The project’s upcoming release, Blessings Bestrewn Part 1, is the first in a two-part album sequence that stands out amongst the project’s prolific stream of EPs and mixtapes. Mostly recorded in upstate New York in 2022, Evans refined the recording once moving to California. The result is a bicoastal recording that is somehow one coherent artistic statement.
Today, Walking Bombs is debuting the latest single off the album called “Shitical Darlings,” which features guest appearances from Elizabeth La Fey Dapena (Globelamp) on vocals, Ash Umhey (The Alchemy Unit) on guitar and organ, and Justin Zipperle (Shadow Witch) on drums. Opening with a stomping rhythm and borderline-psychedelic melodies on an electric guitar, the song explodes once the rhythm picks up making for a unique psych-punk hybrid that is absolutely fascinating and engaging.
“This song was cathartic for Elizabeth and I to sing,” says Evans. “Everyone knows some pompous band or another who think they walk on water and look down on people or who double down if they have done something messed up and get called on it. The title ‘Shitical Darlings’ is self-explanatory. People keep kissing the arses of flawed assholes too often who don’t deserve it as if they are the second coming of Christ and then wonder why people’s egos are the size of the Hindenburg. Well, remember what happened to that!
“Mainly this song ironically combines Minutemen influences with Smashing Pumpkins influences; Justin and Ash really nailed the music,” Evans continues. “I thought it ironic to have a less heralded yet heroic band paired with a not humble at all band that have a singer who is way too into himself, as a contrast. It is really just about unapologetic people who don’t grow but somehow skate on by.”
Check out the track below.
Blessings Bestrewn Pt. 1 is available for digital preorder on Bandcamp. Follow Walking Bombs on Facebook and Instagram for future updates.
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