Premiere: Supect Parts new single and video "You Know I Can't Say No"

Cover art: Snake Davis.

SUSPECT PARTS are the perfect example that POP, as written in CAPITAL letters, can be a weapon of massive destruction as powerful as any other. The fact is, on most occasions melody is greatly underestimated. However, as this single proves, nothing can be more convincing and potent than melody. This is something that has already been proven by some of our all time favorite bands like Big Star and Dwight Twilley in the 70s, but in the specific case of Suspect Parts the term POWER in the genre Power-Pop is personified in its most visceral and energetic sense. They have already shown us a taste of uniquely powerful melodies with their handful of singles, crowned by a terrific eponymous album released in 2017 by the Munich-based label Taken By Surprise and Atlanta's Ooops Baby Records. Here they coined their own categorical and resounding genre, “Apocalypse Pop”. As the Parts darkly daydream in their bio, submerging themselves in a Mad Maxian universe, "When oil runs out a major line is going to be drawn. Which side are you on? Which tribe are you willing to die for? Pop's chosen warriors will rule the apocalypse."

This quartet of usual suspects are gentlemen of a fiercely wild reputation. These guys play in bands like Clorox Girls, Maniac, The Briefs, More Kicks, Radio Dead Ones or Red Dons. The lads repeat their inhuman POP feat with their new single, yes, dear reader, the very one that we're premiering today. Here they manage even more immediate and catchy tunes, keeping the edges of their riffs always dangerously sharp. They have created a brand of power-pop-punk that is colored and imbued both by the sunny edges of 60's Californian protopunk-garage and the effluviums of the "British Invasion" while keeping the vibes of bubblegum Los Angeles bands like The Turtles or The Monkees, as well as our favourite mid 70s melodic punk from the other side of the Atlantic.

This new single includes three fantastically splendid tracks, from the first of which we are also sharing with you a curious and amusing video recorded in one square meter, for their irresistible instant-hit first cut, "You Know I Can't Say No”. From the very first listen, we knew this song was going to become part of the soundtrack of our lives. This song titles this brand new 7" that has been released today in the US by Portland's Dirt Cult Records and in Europe by German label Wanda Records. They recorded in Kaulsdorf, east Berlin with Smail Shock, founding member of the mythical Berlin punk band The Shocks. On the B-side is “Song For Sadie”, a sweet and magnificent cut built on wonderful slices of punk blended with a bit of beach sand roughness and an irresistibly catchy chorus. The single is rounded out with a bit of martial law with "Hundsgemein", which hurtles itself at an unsuspecting listener with guttural cannibalistic German. Yet, the song achieves the opposite of what we expect, which is that we finally learn some words in this harsh language, because “Hundsgemein” is a powerful hymn impossible not to sing along with. We can’t wait to chant along to its chorus during some live gigs. We hope a Spanish tour is in the works.

This record comes both in the usual format and in super limited editions in bone-white vinyl, or on black vinyl with screen printed covers, and even ten test pressings directly from Wanda Records. You can order this essential 7" through the following links:

-Wanda Records (Europe): Preorder.

-Dirt Cult Records (North America): Preorder. 

Spanish:

SUSPECT PARTS son el claro ejemplo de que el "POP", así, en mayúsculas, puede ser un "arma" de destrucción masiva tan potente como cualquier otra, y es que en tiempos donde en muchas ocasiones se puede llegar a menospreciar, nada puede llegar a ser mas convincente que la "melodía", algo que bandas por siempre favoritas como Big Star o Dwight Twylley ya se encargaron de demostrar en los 70's, solo que en manos de Suspect Parts el termino "Power" de la etiqueta "Power-Pop" adquiere su visceral y  mas enérgico sentido, como ya han demostrado en un buen puñado de singles, coronados por un maravilloso homónimo álbum editado en 2017 por la muniquesa Taken By Surprise y la discografica de Atlanta Ooops Baby Records, donde acuñaron su propia categorica y tajante etiqueta, "Apocalypse Pop"... Porque como ellos mismos cuentan en su bio, sumergiéndose en el universo de Mad Max, "Cuando el petroleo se agote y llegue el final... ¿de que lado estarás? ¿a que tribu pertenecerás?... Los guerreros del Pop gobernaran en el apocalipsis!"

Este cuarteto de "sospechosos habituales" formado por miembros con una arisca y salvaje reputación en bandas como Clorox Girls, Maniac, The Briefs, More Kicks, Radio Dead Ones o Red Dons, vuelven a repetir proeza en este nuevo single que estrenamos hoy, en el que consiguen volverse aún mas inmediatos y pegadizos, manteniendo las aristas de sus riffs siempre peligrosamente afilados, fabricando un power-pop-punk que va coloreado e imbuido tanto por los soleados ribetes del ácido protopunk garage californiano de mitad de los 60s, como por los efluvios de la "British Invasion", sin perder de vista el sonido angelino de bandas como The Turtles o The Monkees, así como el primerizo y siempre favorito punk melódico de mediados de los 70s del otro lado del charco.

Compuesto por 3 fantásticos y luminosos temas, de los cuales también os presentamos este curioso y simpático vídeo grabado en un metro cuadrado, para un irresistible e instantáneo primer corte, "You know I can't say no", que desde la primera escucha va a convertirse en uno de los temas de nuestra vida, y da nombre a este 7" que edita en US el sello de Portland Dirt Cult Rds, y para Europa la germana Wanda Records, que ha sido grabado en Kauksdorf, Alemania por Smail Shock, fundador de la mítica banda berlinesa The Shocks, que va respaldado por su cara "B" con un edulcorado y magnifico "Song for Sadie", construido a consta de maravillosos retazos de un punk cargado de corrosivo salitre playero y unos fantásticos estribillos a coro, que para acabar de rematarnos es finiquitado con un "marcial" "Hundsgemein", tirado canallescamente en alemán, que va a conseguir que al fin todos aprendamos esta lengua porque es un himno imposible de no cantar con ellos a grito pelao en sus directos,  cuyas fechas esperemos los traigan pronto por nuestro pais.

Tanto en el formato habitual, como en ediciones limitadas en vinilo color hueso, o en edición negra con tapas impresas, e incluso diez "test press" directamente a través de Wanda, podéis hacer la preorder de este imprescindible 7" a través de los siguientes enlaces:

-Wanda Records (Europa): Preorder.
-Dirt Cult Records (Norte America): Preorder