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We updated the show schedule! See the ‘shows’ page and mark your calendars accordingly. Get SPOOPY with usssss!

This is what we hope our music feels like to you. :)

This coming Friday, we’re playing BOUNCE in Milwaukee, and a Free Monday at Empty Bottle on the 26th! Keep updated on the ‘shows’ section of the site, as we are not the greatest of hype persons. Have a tasty summer and hopefully we see you soon! <3 TCP

#The Cell Phones #buttbass #upcoming

Join us at the Empty Bottle this Friday for some dancin’ and RESISTANCE! Let this be your pre-game for the MARCH Saturday morning!

The record release show is coming up soon! If you’re in town, join us for the sweetest line-up ever! We’re very excited to be playing with such awesome friends and can’t wait to release the new album on digital/streamstuff/CD/and OMG VINYL!!

#The Cell Phones #cole's bar #ovef ow #tongue party #the avantist #fuzzbox #chicago #girlpop grindcore

TOURTIME IS NEXT WEEK!!! Here’s our list of cities we’ll be visiting. If you’re close by, come say hello! We’ll be selling EXCLUSIVE MERCH that won’t be available in Chicago until our proper record release show! Let’s Party til we’re Purple!

#i love being purple #the cell phones #chicago #tourtime

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Our first single from the new album is here! Streaming on all your streamplaces! #TheCellPhones #NO

Be our Valentine this Sunday at Schubas! We play first and are on at 7, so have an early candlelight dinner and meet us at the kissin’ booth!

FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/763290273802793/

Schuba’s: http://www.lh-st.com/Shows/02-14-2016+Yawn

Minimalist Motown metal. Or maybe post-punk pop. It's difficult to affix a label to The Cell Phones - while they have created a singular sound in their six years of playing together, they defy categorization. Maybe if E.S.G. reformed to collaborate with Napalm Death, you'd have an approximation of what The Cell Phones are doing. But the simplest way to describe their sound is LOUD. The music’s foundation comes from bassist Ryan Szeszycki, who runs an acoustic-electric through heavily distorted guitar and bass cabs, switching between and combining them to create novel textures that range from abrasive fuzzy leads to crushingly heavy chords. His omnipresent, propulsive and surprisingly lyrical counter-melodies are the glue between Lindsey Charles' classic pop vocals and drummer Justin Purcell's technical rhythms. Besides the massive walls of distortion, Justin's drumming is where the Cell Phones are at their most metal; his beats are polyrhythmic and precise, and punctuated on occasion with blast beats - speedy bursts of rhythm originating in virtuoso jazz drumming that were picked up by grindcore bands in the 80s to maximize their sonic impact. The element of the trio that makes the band truly unique, however, is the vocals. Completely forgoing the growling extended techniques of other bands of comparable heaviness, Lindsey's powerfully melodic singing is practically a master class in pop; as indebted to doo-wop as it is to contemporary indie rock. Her well-crafted hooks work to draw listeners into the band’s uncompromising sound, providing an oasis amidst her bandmates’ chaos. This improbable combination tempers the heavy whirlwind of their music, making it more fun and danceable.

Check out our amazing interview and recordings with Chicago Singles Club! Excited for the fun ahead!! –L.

#The Cell Phones #chicago #music #punk #rock #girlpop #grindcore

We are opening and closing for a wonderful dance production on Thursday! It’s going to be wild and very different from usual shows, so if you’re down for some unique Cell Phones antics, buy yourself a ticket! If you use the promo code ‘Cellphones’ while buying, your ticket will only be ten bucks!!!

See you there, TCP

#The Cell Phones #the salts #the inconvenience #chicago

Happy Friday! We play as a part of CIMMFest tonight at Emporium with Lonesome, Still and The Claudettes! Come dump your quarters into the Crystal Castles machine with Ryan!

This event is FREE, but if you’re buying passes for CIMMFEST, use the promo code cellphones1 and you’ll make us a happy band!

#cimmfest #The Cell Phones #chicago #music

We promise not to be as villainous as the Misfits, but we’ll look just as fierce! Justin has resting fierce face and Ryan’s been working on his Smize!!!

Chicago Singles Club at Cole’s with The Yolks, Shiloh, and Young Marshall! Starts at 10, we’re on second!! TAKIN’ IT ALL!!!

#misfits #thecellphones #chicago singles club #cole's #theyolks #youngmarshall #shiloh