The Loud Bangs drop new EP

Hailing from Los Angeles, The Loud Bangs are an outfit that was started in the summer of 2021 on the foundations of a shared love of shoegaze, 90s alternative and German club music. With their own sound, they filter their influences through a unique sonic lens to deliver an alternative rock sound of powerful guitar tones, warm analogue synthesisers and reflective lyricism all wrapped up in a beautifully hazy production aesthetic.

Featuring the dual guitarists Street and Daisy Gutierrez and the grooving rhythm section of Hannah Remley on bass and drummer Marcus Nemuro, they craft deeply immersive atmospheres full of stretching melodic leads and mesmeric percussion patterns, all tied together by their producer Darren Callahan. Despite being relatively new to the scene, they’ve already earned a reputation as ‘the Pink Floyd of shoegaze’ for their incredible catalogue of music.

At the start of 2022 they were ready to unveil their studio sound with the release of (Anti-) Anxiety Pills which featured three different mixes of their debut single “Anxiety Pills”. Continuing to share their enchanting sound, often themed on the subject of mental health, throughout the year they dropped a further six EPs to critical acclaim.

Now they bring us the final EP released last year with the five-track Salvation Memorial Hospital. With their recent EP, they run through their dazzling shoegaze-meets-dream-pop style with music that manages to convey feelings and emotion even in the absence of decipherable lyrics or words.

Bending from the sparse and spacey tapestries of the EP opening track “Spectral Field” to the uptempo energies of “Candy Sometimes Always”, on Salvation Memorial Hospital The Loud Bangs showcase a captivating audio journey that charms and delights from start to finish and serves to confirm the hype around this exciting act on the rise.

Listen to Salvation Memorial Hospital below