STANDOUT "Way of Life" EP

 

This band and their new release must be highlighted!

I'm talking about a new release by STANDOUT, 'Way of Life' EP, something I was waiting for since I heard the 2 new songs from this EP on a streaming platform.

The songs are fast and snappy, but also hard and ferocious at the same time. The band pays a fair tribute to the old school sound, something I personally always appreciate a lot. 

If this has caught your interest, here's some basic info about the band, brought to you by Kei (vo.):

"We formed in Tokyo, circa 2012 and released our first demo in 2013. We played a lot of shows and had some member changes, then released the 'New Breed' EP in 2019."

Members are:

Kei - Vocals

Takeshi - Guitar

Shuhei - Bass

Akio - Drums

The frontman also dropped more info about this release:

"It was released on July 17th 2024 via Dirtyrats Records. The cover art was hand drawn by Motty  (Dirtyrats Records / Dominate), and layout of the lyric booklet was designed by Sawsk (Dirtyrats Records / Fairly Social Press).

It only took us one day to record the whole thing. We also recorded most of the songs in one take"

Out of curiosity I asked Kei about the lyrics: 

"I don't usually explain the meaning of lyrics because I know that everyone interprets them differently. Also, the meaning of the lyrics can change depending on your mood or situation, even for me. But here are some things that inspired me to write the lyrics:

A1: Quarantine / Delay is not denial

A2: Yin and Yang / Balance

A3: A shitty day

B1: An enemy / Someone who thinks he's a rockstar

B2: Skinheads / Tokyo hardcore family"

On top of that, Kei shared an interesting fact about making this record:

"Some songs from the EP were actually supposed to be released as a split 7" with Murphy's Law, but we couldn't make it happen for whatever reason. So we decided to add some extra songs and release it as our own EP." 

Vinyl is limited to 200 copies and there are three cover art variants - white, blue and green.

For orders:

E-mail: standoutbsd@gmail.com

Or via IG: @standoutbsd