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Allegiance (Big Stir Single No. 147​.​5)

by The Lunar Laugh

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Longtime friends of Big Stir Records and acclaimed stars of the indie pop scene in their native Oklahoma City and well beyond, THE LUNAR LAUGH make their debut for the label with the brand new single “Allegiance.” It's officially out next Friday, August 13, up for preorder at bigstirrecords.bandcamp.com now, and streaming worldwide upon release. A complete standalone track not slated for any forthcoming album, it nonetheless heralds both the band's return to the stage this September and a bigger Big Stir collaboration, yet to be announced, which highlights THE LUNAR LAUGH's prowess as a songwriting and performing unit alike.

THE LUNAR LAUGH was last heard from on 2019's widely-hailed third full-length album GOODNIGHT NOISES EVERYWHERE. That record broadened the sonic pallet established by founding singer/songwriters JARED LEKITES and CONNOR ANDERSON with more prominent contributions from bandmate CAMPBELL YOUNG enriching the sound. Still intertwining their modern pop and rock structure with hooks under the influence of power pop masterworks of the '60s and '70s as on the previous two records, THE LUNAR LAUGH was praised for bravely exploring new ground. The potent new combination blossomed onstage, at home and on the road, until the COVID-19 pandemic dictated a break from live performance.

And now they're back, onstage and in the studio with their creative momentum uninterrupted. Says Lekites of the new single. "'Allegiance' is the first song we recorded upon our return to the studio towards the beginning of 2021. We wanted to put out a stand-alone single that wasn't attached to any album and we thought that one had the most single-friendly vibe. Stylistically, we were inspired by the somewhat weird shift in soft rock and middle of the road stuff that occurred in the late 80s and early 90s which was encompassed on the omnipresent K-Mart Radio and the like (the music of Phil Collins, Paul Young, and Bruce Hornsby comes to mind). We were feeling nostalgic about those days in the same way that people who were around our age in the 1970s felt nostalgic about the 1950s and early rock 'n' roll.”

It's just one of the exciting directions in which the band is moving today. Much of the full scope of it is best appreciated in the live performances that win THE LUNAR LAUGH new fans wherever they play, and which the band has been diligently documenting in recent years. That's both a fundamental truth about THE LUNAR LAUGH and a hint at what's to come very soon on their first full-length release for BSR... but for now, “Allegiance” is ready for the radio, and we expect to be hearing it far beyond K-Mart this fall.

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released January 1, 2016

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