XTRA EQUIPMENT is a new collection of BODEGA tracks from the same 2020-2021 Trout Studio sessions that spawned BROKEN EQUIPMENT. Much like the songs on BROKEN EQUIPMENT, we were trying to make these tracks extra breezy and hooky as well as more philosophically ambitious than our previous recordings. Even when in the mode of social critique, I personally tend to think of my songwriting as more literary than analytic but here the ‘The Art of Advertising’ and ‘Art and Advertising’ diptych functions as a sort of pop rock treatise on the subtle but crucial distinction between art and adv… read more
XTRA EQUIPMENT is a new collection of BODEGA tracks from the same 2020-2021 Trout Studio sessions that spawned BROKEN EQUIPMENT. Much like the songs … read more
XTRA EQUIPMENT is a new collection of BODEGA tracks from the same 2020-2021 Trout Studio sessions that spawned BROKEN EQUIPMENT. Much like the songs on BROKEN EQUIPMENT, we were trying t… read more
The art-damaged Brooklyn band Bodega want to get people thinking while they boogie, and their 2018 debut album, Endless Scroll, spotlighted an abrasive dance-punk sound built on shouted vocals, deep thoughts, and jumpy rhythms. While they sanded off some of the rough sonic edges on subsequent releases like 2019's Shiny New Model EP and 2022's Broken Equipment, they kept the lyrics sharp and the music bouncy. In 2024, they made a jump to a major label with Our Brand Could Be Yr Life and responded with their tightest, most melodic set yet. Bodega formed when guitarist/vocali… read more
The art-damaged Brooklyn band Bodega want to get people thinking while they boogie, and their 2018 debut album, Endless Scroll, spotlighted an abrasive dance-punk sound built on shouted voc… read more
The art-damaged Brooklyn band Bodega want to get people thinking while they boogie, and their 2018 debut album, Endless Scroll, spotlighted an abrasive dance-punk sound built on shouted vocals, deep thoughts, and jumpy rhythms. While t… read more