"Lemon Peel" by Megasound out now!

Hi Hat Heads!

Sweaty summer greetings to you all! I wanted to send a quick note to tell you about a new song out in the world. It’s called “Lemon Peel” and it’s performed by our new supergroup, Megasound.

As many of you know, Chris and I started another band with our dear friend Elana Carroll, aka Party Nails. We were feeling inspired by all the “The” bands of our youths: The Hives, The Vines, The Strokes, Josie and THE Pussycats. Basically, we wanted to hang out and ROCK.

So that’s what we did. And we came out the other side with a brand new album of songs for you. Megasound by Megasound comes out on August 7th on Don Giovanni Records. You can pre-order that bad boy here.

“Lemon Peel” has quickly become one of our favorite songs on the album (partially because it’s so fun to play live!). The weight of unspoken feeling and moments of hesitation are common themes in my songwriting. What can I say, I’m a ruminator! “Lemon Peel” expresses a longing to get out of one’s head and dive in to the beautiful chaos of the world.

Elana and I were trying to come up with the lyrics for the b-section of the chorus. Spinning like a…? Spinning like a…? And for some reason my mind recalled the old logo for Macalester College, where Chris and I went to school. A spiraling orange peel revealing a verdant globe.

“Passing like an 18-wheeler / spinning like a lemon peel”. Inspiration comes in the most surprising ways.

We hope you enjoy the song and our homemade camcorder music video. We filmed in a liquor store parking lot, a Cub Foods grocery store, a dandelion speckled field, and an open field on the edge of the airport. We recorded it all to a real cassette tape! Old school!

If you live in the Twin Cities definitely come see Megasound on August 14th at the Turf Club. Agnes Uncaged opens the show and we’ll be playing the whole new album for you. Otherwise, check out our other tour dates to see when we might be coming to your town!

As for BBH, we are completing the finishing touches on LP5. Mostly just have to figure out the track order. Harder than you’d think!! And it makes a difference!

We’ve got a couple shows coming up in the Midwest too, so go to badbadhats.com for all our tour dates.

And you can always find us tinkering on new songs on our Patreon page. Classic country, glam rock, and new wave are the most recent offerings.

Thanks for listening, friends! We’ll see you soon.

<3 K&C