Relishing in the success of their 2021 sophomore EP ‘Party Friends’, WA’s surf rock trio Pretty Uglys return with their new single ‘Situation City.’ The band are also excited to announce a bunch of WA tour dates in January and February.
Sonically ‘Situation City’ moves beyond their classic surf rock conventions in favour of something a little more melodic and slower in tempo to their previous singles: ‘Your Shade’, ‘Party Friends’ and ‘Emergency Room’.
“Situation City is a song we’ve had for a while now so it was super fun to get it in the studio. Written around the time we moved up to Perth ‘Situation City’ and the situations that occurred around that. It’s a much slower tempo than the majority of our previous stuff but still retains the energy everyone is familiar with with a fuzzed out chorus.” Pretty Uglys
Writing and recording the track with long term collaborators Tristan Sturmer at Perth’s Sumo Studios and mastering done by George Georgiadis at Little Wing Sound, the band says “It all started when mucking around on an acoustic guitar at a mates house and the intro/chorus chords came out. From there we cooked it up in our jam space at home!”
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The trio will perform tracks from their two EP’s and celebrate the release of their new single by touring their home state throughout January and February 2022.
PRETTY UGLYS WA TOUR DATES
Tickets
Friday, January 14 – El Grotto, Scarborough
Saturday, February 5 – Westend Festival, Fremantle
Friday, February 11 – Prince Of Wales, Bunbury
Saturday, February 12 – Life On Margs Festival, Margaret River
Friday, February 25 – YMCA HQ – Leederville (AA)
Saturday, February 26 – Amplifier Bar – Perth
Over the past year Pretty Uglys have ridden the wave of peaks and troughs of the music industry by releasing their highly acclaimed five-track sophomore EP ‘Party Friends’ which featured a mixed bag of punk and surf-rock songs, and playing live shows in WA.
They’ve enjoyed success with airplay on Triple j, Triple j Unearthed, RTR, FBi, 2SER, 4ZZZ, SYN, 2XX and playlist support on Spotify (Local Noise, Fresh Finds AU/NZ, Punk Unleashed), while their often humorous DIY videos have scored additions on Rage and MTV.