#stereo confession

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I really want to be a musician.

Then-12-year-old music blogger Max Timander in 2009. Today, he’s vocalist and guitarist for Stereo Confession.

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New Discovery | Stereo Confession

I heard these guys on the Current yesterday, and had this song swirling around in my head for hours afterward.

Stereo Confession are a Minneapolis based band established in 2010.  They have an album coming out soon, and will be having a release party at the 7th Street Entry (event info here) on October 12th at 4pm ($5).

-Melani

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The ascending teen garage punk group Stereo Confession will play an all-ages show on Sunday, Oct. 12 at the 7th St. Entry. The show comes in anticipation of its new album, No Coast, to be released Oct. 14.

The band signed this month with Susstones Records and recorded the full-length debut at producer Ed Ackerson’s revered Flowers Studio. The album includes summer crowd pleasers “Video Games” and “Hang Ten,” plus eight more strumming surf tracks.

Despite four of five members being too young to vote, the growing band have been together in some form or another for three years. Starting out as a trio, the group rounded out its sound this year with the addition of two new members, one as recently as July when the band won the opening slot in the Basilica Block Party’s music lineup.

The bandmates channel their frustration with high school into music with antics like covering an unfit-for-print Replacements song at the beginning of the school year, they told David Campbell on the Current’s back-to-school edition of the Local Show on Sunday.

Once they escape the school lunches and anti-hat policies, the plan is to move into a house in Northeast Minneapolis where the band can make more music together. Until then, they have a much more official house party to rock at the Entry.

The album release show’s lineup includes France Camp, Some Pulp, the Bombshells, and a Frankie Teardrop DJ set.

Here’s the band playing “Video Games” live in our studios. To hear the complete session, click here.

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Exclusive Communion Interview: Stereo Confession

Stereo Confession are set to play Communion Minneapolis tomorrow night!!  We got a chance to chat with Jordan and Max before the show...here's what they had to say:

-What's your favorite thing about the Minneapolis music scene? Max: My favorite part of the music scene is how many of the bands work together and have their different individual groups. It's cool to see different genres of music get their time to shine. Growing up in this scene has really been an interesting experience because it opened me up to so many different types of music.  -Describe yourself in one quick sentence: Jordan: Energetic California wannabes that would probably suck at surfing. -Favorite concert you've ever been to? Jordan: The Orwells and Twin Peaks hands down because it was a huge all ages show and The Orwells are a personal favorite. For once the Triple Rock finally invited kids inside to see an epic show.  Max: Damn this ones a hard one but if I had to choose one concert that really sticks out it definitely would have to be Arcade Fire just because of the energy that they have on stage. The close follow-up would definitely have to be The Replacements at Riot Fest though. That was magical.  -What are you listening to now? Jordan: Personally I take a lot of influence from bands like Wavves and FIDLAR. Also old school punk acts like Agent Orange and the Descendants. I feel like they mend well together in forming our genre which brings together a sort of punk-y/surf sound.  Max: I love what those bands are doing but I also have been getting a lot of ideas from older bands too like the Beach Boys and the early Beatles work. Also been listening to a lot of this new local band called Some Pulp. Crazy good harmonies and feel good doo-wop/surf songs. -Do you have anything exciting going on now (or soon) that everyone should know about? Max: We're preparing right now to release our single for the album. I think it's going to be something that everyone can dig and get into. We are also extremely pumped to play at the Varsity Theater with Frankie Teardrop, a band that we all really enjoy. Jordan: And of course we are still recording our album with Ed Ackerson. We still have a ways to go, but in the mean time we'll be playing lots of shows and skatin' around.

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