Shag Rock"Free beer," jokes bassist Nicholas Cavdarski of indie-pop act Shag Rock about the drink being the reason behind his personal pursuit of music. As well as "going to new places, meeting new people and living life to the fullest" of course. The surf-rock outfit has just released Loosen Up, the last single off debut album Barefoot, and are taking it on tour around the country.
"We just banged it out in the band room until it was really tight" describes Cavdarski about the band's technical process of wiring and recording. Loosen Up was recorded by legendary Powderfinger guitarist Ian Haug at his studio in Samford under his label Airlock Records -which the band signed to back in 2014- where Cavdarski says the single was created more on a whim rather than being meticulously nutted out beforehand "we just jumped into the fog on this track.
"We really wanted to write more songs that crowds could really move to, and create some sick energy in the room" stating that in the age of computers and effects, Shag Rock likes to balance on the edge "between sounding too perfect like a computer, but still being really tight."
Ultimately, Shag Rock are one of those bands that just love to do what they do, "the prospect that we get to play these songs to audiences all around the country is a huge part of our sound thematically." Catch them doing just that as they tour the country.
