Tacoma, Washingtons Enumclaw bill themselves as The Best Band Since Oasis, but theyre self-released and, thanks to COVID, have never had a chance to play a live showBlown-out guitars and languid beats conjure a sort of dingy, Pacific Northwest shoegaze. Marc Hogan, Pitchfork, 2021

Last year was a banner year for Tacoma-based rock band Enumclaw.

After dropping their first single Fast N All in early 2021, the band blew up, nabbing features in the Seattle Times, KEXP, Pitchfork, and The Fader before playing any public live shows. In April, they dropped their debut EP Jimbo Demo to rare reviews. And just last week, Enumclaw announced Luminelle Recordings signed them. Things are only looking up for the grungy four-piece

The band officially came together during the summer of 2019 following a drunken karaoke session when Johnsonwho co-founded Toe Jam and DJd for hip-hop group Boiler Boyz convinced guitarist Nathan Cornell and drummer Ladaniel Gipson to start a band, he told KEXP. The trio had three demos recorded and just before they had a chance to play live, the world shut down in March 2020. On the upside, it gave them more time to make music. Eventually they recruited Johnsons brother, Eli Edwards, on bass to fill out their lineup.

Citing bands like Nirvana, Radiohead, Mtley Cre, Drake, and Weird Al Yankovic as influences, Enumclaws sound is a mashup of shoegaze, post-grunge, and emo. The mix is a kind of ironic evocation of the music that made the Pacific Northwest so popular in the 90s. Theres an angst inherent to the bands distorted guitar and disaffected, flat singing, with lyrics earnest enough to make you want to sing alonglike when Johnson speak-sings with his characteristically brash vulnerability, Remember when we were kids/ How did it end up like this/Those are the days that I miss on Jimbo Demo album opener Cents. Jas Keimig, The Stranger, 2022

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• Released: 3/25/22