Local Band Tacocat to Release its Second Album
Seattle band Tacocat has pop punk coming and going
By Seattle Mag February 10, 2014
This article originally appeared in the February 2014 issue of Seattle magazine.
!–paging_filter–pBrandishing a riot-grrrls-meet-The-Go-Go’s sound, Tacocat charms fans with funny songs about waiting for the No. 8 Metro bus, fear of toxic shock syndrome and a psychic cat that predicts nursing-home deaths. Band members Emily Nokes, Lelah Maupin, Bree McKenna and Eric Randall—who have described their vibe as “feminist sci-fi” and “equal parts Kurt and Courtney”—have been cranking out clever lyrics and infectious pop punk tunes since 2007. This month (2/25), Tacocat releases its second full-length record, emNVM/em (as in “never mind”), on local label Hardly Art. The second effort amps up the band’s bubblegum-surf harmonies and the driving garage rock—not to mention the amusing song topics, such as wanting to build a bridge to Hawaii, getting trapped at a weird party and jerks on the street who tell women to “smile.” Listen and you might just utter another palindrome: “Now I won!” For CD-release party dates, check a href=”http://www.hardlyart.com” target=”_blank”hardlyart.com/a or search “a href=”https://www.facebook.com/tacocatband” target=”_blank”tacocatband/a” on Facebook./p
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